XPeng sold 5,500 vehicles in its home market between April 28 and May 4, a 23.6% decrease from the previous week’s 7,200 units, according to insurance registration data published on Chinese social media this Wednesday.
China’s Labor Holiday period and the usually lower sales performance in the beginning of each month led registrations of several automakers to drop sequentially.
Last week’s figures show a decline to under 6,000 units for the first time since early February, when both production and vehicle deliveries were disrupted by the Chinese New Year holiday and registrations fell to just above 3,000 units.
The Guangzhou-based carmaker delivered over 35,000 vehicles in April, a 273% jump year over year, marking the sixth consecutive month of over 30,000 units.
Competitors
Li Auto was the only new energy vehicle (NEV) brand that posted higher sales last week. The Beijing-based company registered 11,400 vehicles from April 28 to May 4, up 23.9% from the 9,200 units listed in the previous week.
Leapmotor fell to 6,200 weekly units, while Xiaomi‘s sales dropped to 5,700 SU7s.
BYD, the world’s best-selling NEV maker, registered 56,300 hybrid and fully electric vehicles, down 9.5% week over week. Tesla, which had posted its best sales week in China in the second quarter, with 10,300 EVs, fell 29.1% to 7,300 units.
Premium EV maker Zeekr sold 3,000 vehicles in China between April 28 and May 4, a 14.3% decline week over week, while its competitor Nio registered 3,500 units, a higher decline from the 6,500 EVs sold in the previous week.
The Nio Group registered 5,200 vehicles, including sales from sub-brands Onvo and the recently launched Firefly — which started deliveries last week and saw its sales reaching 350 units.
Year to date, XPeng sold 121,900 vehicles so far — following Li Auto‘s figures of 133,200 units, as the best-selling new energy vehicle (NEV) start-up in China. Tesla sold 166,900 vehicles in China from January 1.
April Results
Across its European markets, XPeng sales rose, with a 190% jump year over year in Norwegian sales, a 63% surge in Sweden and its best sales month in the Netherlands in 2025 so far.
By the end of April, the company had sold over 129,000 vehicles globally — reaching 34% of its annual target of delivering 380,000 vehicles for the entire year. XPeng aims to double its presence to 60 markets by year-end.
XPeng said earlier this week it will report first quarter earnings results on May 21. As of the time of writing, the company’s U.S.-listed shares are trading nearly 1% lower on Wednesday’s pre-market session, at $19.57. The stock surged 67% year to date and soared 150% in the past twelve months.
