Cui Dongshu, Secretary General of the Passenger Transport Association, published an article stating that from January to August 2026, world automobile sales will reach 63.43 million units, and new energy vehicles will reach 15.7 million units. From January to August 2026, the world's new energy passenger vehicles reached 15.7 million units, an increase of 15% over the previous year. Among them, sales of new energy vehicles increased 16% to 2.23 million units in August, and the growth rate returned to normal historical levels. From January to August 2026, the share of new energy vehicles reached 24.5%, of which pure electric vehicles accounted for 17.3%, and plug-in hybrid vehicles reached 7.5%. The hybrid achieved excellent performance of 8%.

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