# China New Energy Vehicle Sales Reach 1\.822 Million in September; Paris Auto Show Highlights ADAS Push

China's new energy vehicle sales totaled 1\.822 million units in September, up 10\.9% month over month and 13\.6% year over year, with a penetration rate of 61\.6%, according to a joint report from the China Passenger Car Association and Kerei Consulting\. The report also covered the Paris International Auto Show, where 16 Chinese automakers showed 25 brands and only XPeng and Tesla took part in the show's public assisted-driving road experience\.

By China EV Signal
Published: 2026-10-26T12:16:48.324Z
Updated: 2026-10-26T12:16:48.325Z
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## Key takeaways

- China's new energy vehicle sales reached 1\.822 million units in September, up 10\.9% month over month and 13\.6% year over year, with penetration at 61\.6%\.
- From January to August, 88\.9% of new energy passenger cars were equipped with L2-level or higher assisted driving, and the AEB installation rate was 84\.9% for new energy passenger cars and 78\.7% for passenger cars overall\.
- At the Paris auto show, 16 Chinese automakers showed 25 brands, a record scale, and only XPeng and Tesla participated in the public assisted-driving road experience\.

## September New Energy Vehicle Sales

China sold 1\.822 million new energy vehicles in September, up 10\.9% from the previous month and 13\.6% from a year earlier, according to the August 2026 automotive intelligent connected vehicle insight report jointly released by the China Passenger Car Association and Kerei Consulting\. The September penetration rate was 61\.6%\.

New energy passenger car sales were 1\.698 million units in September, up 12\.0% year over year, while new energy commercial vehicle sales were 125,000 units, up 41\.8%\. New energy SUVs accounted for 55\.9% of the month's sales, up 8\.2 percentage points year over year, and new energy sedans accounted for 32\.9%, down 9\.5 percentage points\.

## Assisted Driving Equipment Rates

From January to August, 88\.9% of new energy passenger cars were equipped with L2-level or higher assisted driving functions\. The AEB automatic emergency braking installation rate was 84\.9% for new energy passenger cars and 78\.7% for passenger cars overall\. Among passenger cars priced between 160,000 and 240,000 yuan, the AEB installation rate reached 85\.9%\.

Full-speed-range ACC adaptive cruise was fitted to 80\.9% of new energy passenger cars and 68\.6% of passenger cars overall\.

## Chinese Automakers at the Paris Auto Show

Sixteen Chinese automakers showed 25 brands at the Paris International Auto Show, a record scale\. The show had 59 vehicle exhibitors in total, including 10 French and 7 German automakers\.

The show introduced a public assisted-driving road experience for the first time\. Only XPeng and Tesla took part, with no European automakers on the participant list\. More than 400 global media outlets registered for the activity\. Tesla provided six Model 3 cars to demonstrate the FSD \(Supervised\) system, and XPeng provided two L03 cars to demonstrate the NGP system\.

## XPeng, BYD and Leapmotor European Plans

XPeng launched the G9L globally, with a starting price in France of 74,990 euros, and plans to enter 64 countries and regions\. XPeng produces vehicles at the Magna plant in Graz, Austria, its fourth model to be built in Europe\.

BYD's ATTO 8 has a 115 kWh battery and a WLTP range of up to 653 km\. Its fast-charging technology charges from 10% to 97% in about nine minutes\. BYD plans to launch the ATTO 8 in Europe in the first quarter of 2027\.

Leapmotor has more than 850 sales and service outlets in Europe\. Changan plans to have more than 350 outlets across 15 European countries by the end of 2026 and to start local production in Europe as early as early 2027\. Changan's Qiyuan Q05 is planned to launch in Spain and Italy in early 2027\.

## Supplier and Partner Technology

Valeo's SCALA 3 lidar can detect obstacles at up to 200 meters and supports automated driving applications at speeds up to 130 km/h\. Bosch's one-stage end-to-end assisted driving solution has already entered series production and has completed road testing in Germany and Paris\.

Qingzhou Zhihang has set up its European headquarters in Munich, with cumulative series-production installations exceeding 1 million units across more than 40 partner models\. Its AEB false-trigger rate is one time per 500,000 km\.

Renault's new Megane E-Tech carries 26 advanced driver assistance functions\. Stellantis and Wayve took less than four weeks to move their AI Driver system from integration to road testing, and Stellantis plans to debut the system in North America in 2028\. Volkswagen returned to the Paris auto show after an eight-year absence\.

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乘联分会. Published: 2026-10-26T08:09:06.000Z