China Group Scoreboard: SAIC NEV Sales Near 259,000, Changan Up 18%, and Chery Exports 200,618 Vehicles

At group level, October reshuffles the China leaderboard in ways brand-only tables miss. SAIC Group NEV sales were around 259,000 in October, up 25.1%, putting SAIC second behind BYD at group level, with exports of 163,000 vehicles of all types. Geely Auto sold 214,996 vehicles and Chery Group sold 140,893, while Chery also exported 200,618 vehicles of all types — an export figure larger than its group sales total for the month, because exports include vehicles built for overseas markets beyond the domestic sales count.

Changan sold around 140,500 NEVs in October, up 18% year over year and 17.4% on September, with overseas sales of 102,400 vehicles of all types, up 77%. Within the groups, Changan Qiyuan moved up to fifth among NEV brands, and XPeng and Xiaomi both sat at or above 50,000 for the first time this year. BYD own brand sold 423,843 cars, up 7.3% on both September and October last year, with the wider BYD group including Denza, Fangchengbao, Yangwang and commercial vehicles reaching 490,168.

Why group numbers matter: a brand can fall while its group rises, as new sub-brands take over volume, and export strength at group level can offset a weak home market in a way no single brand table shows. SAIC second-place group position, Chery export scale and Changan overseas growth of 77% all point the same way — the October winners are the groups with somewhere else to sell when China cools.