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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) wholesale volume surged 37% YoY to 2.13mn units in Aug 2022, 1% higher than our prior projection.</li><li>Similar to Jul 2022, that figure made the best Aug wholesale volume in history and 13% higher than the second-best Aug sales occurred in 2017.</li><li>Retail sales volume, based on insurance data, rose 18% YoY to 1.89mn units, 2% lower than our prior forecast.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) wholesale volume surged 37% YoY to 2.13mn units in Aug 2022, 1% higher than our prior projection.Similar to Jul 2022, that figure made the best Aug wholesale volume in history and 13% higher than the second-best Aug sales occurred in 2017.Retail sales volume, based on insurance data, rose 18% YoY to 1.89mn units, 2% lower than our prior forecast.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – What we worried earlier is partially priced in now

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Eight new-energy vehicle (NEV) brands including NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, AITO, Neta and Leap reported their Aug 2022 sales volumes on 1 Sep 2022.</li><li>Sales volume of the eight brands combined rose 117% YoY (ranged from -52% to +193%) and 2% MoM (ranged from -56% to +43%).</li><li>NIO leads among NEV trio. NIO was the only automaker among the NEV trio with MoM growth in sales volume, which is consistent with our prior argument that NIO should have the best sequential growth in sales volume among the NEV trio in 3Q22. We estimate the ET7 has about 4-5 months of order backlog.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Eight new-energy vehicle (NEV) brands including NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, AITO, Neta and Leap reported their Aug 2022 sales volumes on 1 Sep 2022.Sales volume of the eight brands combined rose 117% YoY (ranged from -52% to +193%) and 2% MoM (ranged from -56% to +43%).NIO leads among NEV trio. NIO was the only automaker among the NEV trio with MoM growth in sales volume, which is consistent with our prior argument that NIO should have the best sequential growth in sales volume among the NEV trio in 3Q22. We estimate the ET7 has about 4-5 months of order backlog.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – Aug NEV: All-time high sales for tier-2 brands

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<li>Multiple Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) makers posted shrinking monthly deliveries in April as the country’s severe Covid outbreaks disrupted sales channels, supply chains and road transport.</li>
<li>The Covid-19 resurgence in the Yangtze Delta region continues to cause severe industry-wide disruptions in supply chain, logistics and production since late March</li>
<li>China has been battling the worst wave of Covid-19 outbreaks since late March, in which Shanghai logged record daily infections during five weeks of an ongoing citywide lockdown.</li>
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Multiple Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) makers posted shrinking monthly deliveries in April as the country’s severe Covid outbreaks disrupted sales channels, supply chains and road transport.
The Covid-19 resurgence in the Yangtze Delta region continues to cause severe industry-wide disruptions in supply chain, logistics and production since late March
China has been battling the worst wave of Covid-19 outbreaks since late March, in which Shanghai logged record daily infections during five weeks of an ongoing citywide lockdown.


Chinese EV-Makers’ Deliveries Plunge as Lockdowns Hit Dealers, Plants

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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Skyrocketing material costs shook the stock of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) as investors wiped billions of dollars off the value of the world's largest electric-vehicle battery manufacturer.</li><li>Word circulated in the market that CATL is set to post net profit of less than 5 billion yuan for the first quarter, a sharp decline from the previous quarter.</li><li>The company hasn’t issued detailed financials for the fourth quarter and all of 2021. An estimate issued in January put annual net profit between 14 billion yuan and 16.5 billion yuan.</li></ul>

Skyrocketing material costs shook the stock of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) as investors wiped billions of dollars off the value of the world's largest electric-vehicle battery manufacturer.Word circulated in the market that CATL is set to post net profit of less than 5 billion yuan for the first quarter, a sharp decline from the previous quarter.The company hasn’t issued detailed financials for the fourth quarter and all of 2021. An estimate issued in January put annual net profit between 14 billion yuan and 16.5 billion yuan.

CATL Sell-Off Wipes Out Billions of Dollars of Market Value

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XPeng Inc. designs, produces, and distributes electric vehicles. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets smart smart electric vehicles, as well as finance, parts, and maintenance services. XPeng serves customers in China.

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China Auto Sector – What we worried earlier is partially priced in now

Similar to Jul 2022, that figure made the best Aug wholesale volume in history and 13% higher than the second-best Aug sales occurred in 2017.

CMB International

China Auto Sector – Aug NEV: All-time high sales for tier-2 brands

Sales volume of the eight brands combined rose 117% YoY (ranged from -52% to +193%) and 2% MoM (ranged from -56% to +43%).

CMB International

CX Daily: Chinese Consumer Startups Find Taking On Global Titans Is No Easy Task

In Depth: Chinese consumer startups find taking on global titans is no easy task. Shanghai’s top prosecutor investigated for graft

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Chinese EV-Makers’ Deliveries Plunge as Lockdowns Hit Dealers, Plants

Multiple Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) makers posted shrinking monthly deliveries in April as the country’s severe Covid outbreaks disrupted sales...

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CATL Sell-Off Wipes Out Billions of Dollars of Market Value

Skyrocketing material costs shook the stock of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) as investors wiped billions of dollars off the value

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