In 2021, China's Motor Vehicle Ownership Reached 395 million, and New Energy Vehicles increased by 59.25% Year-on-year

According to the statistics of China's Ministry of Public Security, the number of motor vehicles in China reached 395 million in 2021, including 302 million automobiles;

There were 36.74 million newly registered motor vehicles, an increase of 3.46 million year-on-year.

By the end of 2021, the number of motor vehicles in China had reached 395 million, an increase of 23.5 million or 6.32% over 2020 after deducting the amount of scrapping and cancellation. In 2021, 36.74 million new motor vehicles were registered, an increase of 3.46 million over 2020, an increase of 10.38%; An increase of 4.6 million over 2019, an increase of 14.31%.

China's automobile ownership reached 300 million, and the number of motorcycles increased significantly.

By the end of 2021, the automobile ownership had reached 302 million. In 2021, 26.22 million automobiles were newly registered, an increase of 1.98 million over 2020, an increase of 8.16%. Among them, 4.04 million trucks were newly registered, 120,000 fewer than that in 2020, a decrease of 2.88%, showing a downward trend. 10.05 million motorcycles were newly registered, an increase of 1.79 million over 2020, an increase of 21.67%, and maintained rapid growth in the past three years.

The ownership of new energy vehicles reached 7.84 million.

By the end of 2021, the number of new energy vehicles in China had reached 7.84 million, accounting for 2.60% of the total number of vehicles. After deducting the amount of scrapping and cancellation, it was 2.92 million more than that in 2020, an increase of 59.25%. Among them, the number of pure electric vehicles is 6.4 million, accounting for 81.63% of the total number of new energy vehicles. In 2021, 2.95 million new energy vehicles were newly registered, accounting for 11.25% of the total number of newly registered vehicles, an increase of 1.78 million or 151.61% over the previous year. In the past five years, the number of newly registered new energy vehicles has increased rapidly from 650,000 in 2017 to 2.95 million in 2021.

From: Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security of China

Translated by; WONDEE Autoparts

2022/2/24