Key facts
- Chinese brands sold 582,000 pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles outside mainland China in October 2026, per the CPCA.
- October exports rose 144.7% from a year earlier, a second consecutive monthly record.
- The October total exceeded the previous monthly record of 558,000.
Chinese carmakers sold a record 582,000 pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles outside mainland China in October 2026, up 144.7% from a year earlier, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
The total broke the previous monthly record of 558,000, the report said, making October the second consecutive month of all-time highs. The figures cover exports of both battery-electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars.
The body attributes the rise in overseas demand to the Middle East energy shock, but gives no measure of that effect or of how much of the increase it accounts for. No destination markets, company-level breakdown or export values were included in the available text.