GM China Achieves Record New Energy Vehicle Sales in 2025 – Electric Cars Report
General Motors’ new energy vehicle sales reached nearly 1 million units in China in 2025, accounting for more than half of its total sales in the country. Both NEV sales volume and penetration rate hit record highs, underscoring the company’s accelerating electrification efforts.
In 2025, GM achieved growth in both retail sales and market share in China. The company and its joint ventures delivered nearly 1.9 million vehicles, up 2.3% from a year earlier. As a key driver of GM’s growth in China, NEV sales rose 22.6% year on year.
“The positive results were achieved with dedication to product excellence and disciplined actions on production and inventory,” said John Roth, GM senior vice president and president of GM China. “With speed and established capabilities, we look forward to bringing more choices that customers love around the world.”
GM has built a broad portfolio of innovative gasoline-powered vehicles and the widest range of NEVs among global OEMs in China. In 2026, all new product launches will include NEV options with local innovations playing an increasingly prominent role.
The L7 and ENCASA, the first two models under Buick’s premium sub-brand ELECTRA, were well received by market after launch in Q4. Both are built on the locally developed Xiao Yao super architecture and feature the Xiao Yao assisted driving system, co-developed by Buick and Chinese tech company Momenta.
Buick has been leading in China’s premium MPV segment for over two decades. Last year, the brand delivered over 120,000 MPVs with a 23% increase year on year. Following the launch of the refreshed GL8, the new Lu Shang and ENCASA in 2025, Buick’s MPV portfolio spans from mainstream to luxury and from ICE to NEV.
The Buick Envision SUV family and LaCrosse sedan celebrated local production milestones of 1.8 millionth and 1.3 millionth units respectively in Q2. In 2025, the Envision SUV family saw its sales up 76.4% from a year earlier while the LaCrosse sales more than doubled.
In 2025, Cadillac continued to build on its presence in the luxury SUV segment. Deliveries of LYRIQ and XT5 models jumped 90% and 32.4% year on year, respectively.
The Wuling Hong Guang MINIEV, GM’s best-selling NEV nameplate in China, exceeded 435,000 units in annual sales, nearly two thirds of which were comprised of the four-door version launched in Q1. The Wuling Bin Guo nameplate built upon its market success with the newly launched Bin Guo S variant, bringing its total deliveries in 2025 to over 210,000 units.
Baojun brand posted a 12.3% rise in sales, contributed by strong growth of YEP Plus and Yunhai. YEP Plus sales exceeded 26,000 units and Yunhai deliveries hiked 60% to over 11,000 units.
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