By the end of September 2023, the number of new energy vehicles in China had reached 18.21 million.

　　People’s Daily, Beijing, October 10 (Reporter Zhang Tianpei) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security that by the end of September 2023, the number of motor vehicles in China had reached 430 million, including 330 million vehicles and 18.21 million new energy vehicles. There are 520 million motorists, including 480 million motorists.

　　According to reports, there were 26.01 million newly registered motor vehicles in the first three quarters, including 18.17 million newly registered vehicles, up 4.4% year-on-year. The newly registered vehicles in the first quarter, the second quarter and the third quarter were 5.88 million, 5.87 million and 6.42 million respectively.

　　By the end of September, the number of new energy vehicles in China reached 18.21 million, accounting for 5.5% of the total number of vehicles. Among them, the number of pure electric vehicles is 14.01 million, accounting for 76.9% of the total number of new energy vehicles. From the first quarter to the third quarter, 5.198 million new energy vehicles were registered nationwide, up 40% year-on-year, accounting for 28.6% of the newly registered vehicles. Among them, 1.44 million new energy vehicles were registered in the first quarter, 1.709 million in the second quarter and 2.049 million in the third quarter respectively.

　　It is understood that the used car market remained active in the first three quarters. From the first quarter to the third quarter, local public security traffic control departments handled a total of 25.05 million motor vehicle transfer registrations, including 23.31 million motor vehicle transfer registrations, accounting for 93.1%. In recent years, the Ministry of Public Security, together with the Ministry of Commerce and other departments, has promoted the implementation of reform measures to facilitate the registration of second-hand car transactions in different places, which has better promoted the circulation of second-hand cars. In the first three quarters of this year, the public security traffic control department handled 3.805 million transactions of second-hand passenger cars in different places.

　　By the end of September, there were 90 cities in China with more than 1 million cars, an increase of 8 cities over the same period of last year. Among them, 43 cities have more than 2 million cars and 25 cities have more than 3 million cars. Beijing, Chongqing and Chengdu have more than 6 million cars, Shanghai and Suzhou have more than 5 million cars, and Tianjin, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Xi ‘an, Shenzhen and Dongguan have more than 4 million cars.