# Beijing New Car Sales Fall 4\.24% in August as NEV Share Slips to 72\.77%

Beijing's new car transactions totaled 50,400 units in August, down 4\.24% month-on-month and 11\.7% year-on-year, while new energy vehicles accounted for 72\.77% of the total, according to a monthly market analysis\. Imported car transactions surged to 3,720 units, up 136\.19% from July and 64\.02% from a year earlier\.

By China EV Signal
Published: 2026-10-12T12:57:11.234Z
Updated: 2026-10-12T12:57:11.236Z
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## Key takeaways

- Beijing new car transactions reached 50,400 units in August, down 4\.24% from July and 11\.7% from August last year\.
- New energy vehicles totaled 36,700 units in August, down 7\.71% month-on-month and up 0\.04% year-on-year, representing 72\.77% of all new car transactions\.
- Used car transfers in Beijing fell to 50,100 units in August, down 11\.01% from July and 7\.66% from a year earlier, with a new-to-used ratio of 1:0\.99\.

## August New Car Sales

Beijing recorded 50,400 new car transactions in August, a decrease of 4\.24% from July and 11\.7% from the same month last year\. The month-on-month growth rate was 9\.14 percentage points lower than the national figure, while the year-on-year decline was 6\.6 percentage points steeper than the national level\.

The August month-on-month decline narrowed by 23 percentage points from July's -27\.03%, after the inflated base of 72,100 units formed by concentrated deliveries in June was largely absorbed\. The year-on-year decline of 11\.7% was only about 1 percentage point narrower than July's 12\.78%\.

## Cumulative January-August Performance

Beijing's cumulative new car transactions for January to August reached 373,000 units, compared with 421,700 units in the same period last year, a decline of 11\.53%\. The cumulative decline was 7\.73 percentage points steeper than the national average and remained essentially flat from the 11\.51% decline recorded in January-July\.

## New Energy Vehicles

New energy vehicles accounted for 72\.77% of Beijing's total new car transactions in August, with 36,700 units traded\. This was down 7\.71% from July and up 0\.04% from a year earlier\. The share slipped 2\.74 percentage points from July's historic high of 75\.51%\. The year-on-year growth rate slowed to 0\.04% from 0\.63% in July\.

Battery electric vehicles totaled 26,600 units in August, representing 72\.42% of new energy vehicle sales and approximately 52\.8% of the overall new car market, slightly below July's 54\.4%\.

Cumulatively, 247,200 new energy vehicles were traded in Beijing from January to August, down 0\.7% year-on-year and accounting for 66\.27% of total new car transactions\.

## Imported Cars

Imported car transactions in Beijing reached 3,720 units in August, up 136\.19% from July and 64\.02% from a year earlier\. Imported cars accounted for 7\.38% of the city's total new car transactions, with the share rising 4\.39 percentage points month-on-month and 3\.41 percentage points year-on-year\. The month-on-month surge was mainly attributed to the ultra-low base of about 1,575 units in July and the misalignment of customs clearance and delivery schedules\.

From January to August, imported car transactions totaled 15,600 units, down 18\.94% year-on-year\.

## Used Car Market

Beijing recorded 50,100 used car transfers in August, down 11\.01% from July and 7\.66% from a year earlier\. The monthly new-to-used car ratio was 1:0\.99, falling below 1:1 for the first time this year, compared with 1:1\.07 in July\. The year-on-year decline of 7\.66% for used cars was markedly smaller than the 11\.7% drop for new cars\.

The used car export rate was 34\.14% in August, up 1\.68 percentage points from July and marking a second consecutive month of improvement after a 2\.19-percentage-point rebound in July\. The rate was down 2\.41 percentage points from a year earlier\.

Cumulatively, 409,400 used car transfers were completed in Beijing from January to August, down 6\.68% year-on-year, with a new-to-used ratio of 1:1\.1\.

## September Outlook

September's Beijing auto market is expected to show a pattern of month-on-month recovery, continued year-on-year weakness and structural divergence\. The peak autumn season, combined with front-loaded demand from the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, crowd-gathering at the Beijing International Auto Culture Festival and other auto shows in late September, and a last-minute rush driven by the November 30 deadline for Beijing's trade-in subsidy applications, are expected to jointly push monthly sales back into positive territory\.

New energy vehicles are expected to be the main driver of September's recovery, supported by concentrated launches and deliveries of new models and quarter-end sales pushes, with sales expected to return to slight year-on-year growth\. The used car market is expected to recover moderately as seasonal trade-ins release, outperforming new cars, with the export rate likely to continue the improvement seen since July and August\.

## Original publisher

乘联分会. Published: 2026-10-12T05:17:18.000Z