GWM's NEV sales up 131% in Q2

Great Wall Motor, China's largest SUV maker, said on Thursday that it sold 65,000 new energy vehicles in the second quarter this year, up 131 percent year-on-year.

The performance was the result of the carmaker's revved up efforts to shift towards electrification.

It launched a number of electrified models bearing marques from Haval to Wey in the first half, which are well received in the heated NEV market in China.

Great Wall Motor is speeding up to explore overseas market as well, with a number of models including the Haval H6 HEV, the Ora Good Cat, the Tank 300 and the Tank 500, in markets such as Latin America and the ASEAN.

In the first half this year, Great Wall Motor's overseas sales reached 123,300 units, up 80.2 percent year-on-year.

In the second quarter, the carmaker shipped overseas 72,000 units, up 38 percent from the first quarter this year and up 114 percent from the same period last year.

They contributed to the rise in Great Wall Motor's operating revenue in the first half, which totaled 69.97 billion yuan ($963.14 million), up 12.6 percent year-on-year.