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July sales were 3% lower than June, as heat waves nationwide slowed the pace of factory production and reduced customer visits to showrooms.
The China Passenger Car Association raised its estimate after sales of new-energy vehicles more than doubled in July to account for 27 percent of the new auto market.
Those that bucked the downward trend included Tesla, Land Rover, Dacia and Toyota, while most German brands had a bad month.
The SMMT expects supply issues to ease in the second half of the year but lowered its 2022 outlook for new-car registrations to 1.6 million from a prior forecast of 1.72 million.
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