Sales of new energy cars in China jumped 59.6 percent to 82,000 units on a yearly basis in August, according to the latest statistics from the China Passenger Car Association. BYD Auto and SAIC Motor remained the biggest winners, with sales both topping 10,000 units. Geely Auto and BMW Brilliance also witnessed a large rebound compared with the previous month.

Battery electric vehicle models still took major market share, as four of the top six best-selling models are BEVs, leaving only two spaces for Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

As Chinese brands are the main players in the domestic NEV market, joint ventures are accelerating their expansion in the country, with different market strategies as most of their models are PHEVs.

Let’s check out the country’s top 10 best-selling new energy car models in August.

No 10 BYD e5

Sales: 3,803

%Change: 81.7

Type: BEV

No 9 BYD Qin

Sales: 3,886

%Change: 78.4

Type: PHEV

No 8 SAIC Roewe Ei5

Sales: 3,959

%Change: N/A

Type: BEV

No 7 Hawtai EV160

Sales: 3,984

%Change: 319.8

Type: BEV

No 6 SAIC Roewe i6 1.0T EDU

Sales: 4,012

%Change: 254.1

Type: PHEV

No 5 BYD Yuan

Sales: 4,263

%Change: N/A

Type: BEV

No 4 Chery eQ

Sales: 4,613

%Change: 105.5

Type: BEV

No 3 Geely Emgrand EV

Sales: 4,647

%Change: 13

Type: BEV

No 2 BYD Tang

Sales: 4,791

%Change: 457.1

Type: PHEV

No 1 JAC IEV

Sales: 5,797

%Change: N/A

Type: BE