Shanghai (ZXZC)- SAIC Maxus Automotive Co., Ltd., an exclusively-invested subsidiary of SAIC Motor, said it sold a total of 11,511 new vehicles in July, which jumped 26.4% from a year earlier. Of those, the domestic sales leapt 28.72% to 9,461 units, and its foreign market businesses also gained a 16.68% year-on-year growth.

(T60, photo source: SAIC Maxus)

The automaker sold 4,579 wide-body light vans last month, a precipitous increase of 165.91% from the previous year. The sales volume of the T60 and T70 pickups added up to 2,467 units, an year-over-year upward movement of 32.35%. Maxus has got the biggest share in Shanghai's pickup field, according to local media reports. As for foreign market sales, the T60 is the hottest-selling China-made pickup model in Chile.

The automaker said its MPV sales stood at 1,354 units. At this year's Chengdu Motor Show, SAIC Maxus launched two special versions of the G20 fueled by gasoline and diesel respectively to satisfy more travelling demands of different users.

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In the NEV field, SAIC Maxus teamed up with Shanghai Jiaoyun Group Co.,Ltd. in July to provide enterprises, governments and private users with urban logistics services by using its NEV products like the EV80, the EV90 and the EV30.

SAIC Maxus opts to synchronously develop BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs. Placing great emphasis on FCEV development, the automaker put in 2017 the FCV80, China's first fuel cell wide-body light van available for commercial operation, onto the market. In June 2020, the first MCB (manufacturing confirmation build) vehicle of the EUNIQ 7, Maxus' first hydrogen fuel cell MPV model, rolled off the production line.