In the pure electric vehicle market, a number of new models were launched this quarter, covering all levels of models, including compact cars and compact SUVs. Compared with the previous quarter, the vertical consumption quality index of all 2022q2 pure electric models has improved. Compared with 2021q2 and 2022q2, the vertical consumption quality index of all models steadily improved and improved significantly.
The longitudinal consumption quality index of 2022q2 micro / small pure electric vehicle is significantly higher than that of 2021q1. Among them, the sensory quality is slightly reduced, the price performance ratio is slightly improved, and the safety and performance design indicators are significantly improved. In this quarter, many micro / small new car models such as Zero run T03, EULA good cat, EULA good cat GT and little ant were launched, while lite and EULA black cat car models were not sold. The safety configuration, charging time, acceleration time, intelligent degree, range and other performance indicators of the new vehicle series on the market are ideal, which are better than those of the withdrawn vehicle series, thus driving the improvement of safety and performance design indicators. The value retention rate of several micro / small pure electric vehicles has slightly increased, but the energy consumption has increased, which makes the price performance ratio slightly improved.
Compact and above models of pure electric vehicles have always been the main models in China’s car purchase market. The market competition is very fierce. Many compact new vehicles are listed in this quarter, and a small number of vehicles are not sold. The vertical consumption quality of 2022q2 compact and above models is slightly improved compared with 2022q1. All indicators have been improved in this quarter, and the safety improvement is the most obvious.
Due to the excellent safety configuration of the newly launched vehicle lines, such as taycan, Han, geometry a, Xiaopeng P5, Xiaopeng P7 and Jihu alpha s, the safety indicators have been significantly improved. In addition, the charging time, intelligence and endurance mileage of several newly launched vehicle models have been optimized, and the value retention rate of many existing vehicle models has been improved, thus driving the performance design and price performance to a small extent. Compared with 2021q2, the vertical consumer quality index in 2022q2 has increased steadily, the sensory quality is basically stable, the safety and performance design fluctuate slightly, and has been improved recently. The price performance ratio has been greatly improved after 2021q2.
In this quarter, the number of new SUV models on the market is the most, and the market competition is the most intense. Including aion V, aion y, ID 4 CROZZ、ID. 4 X、ID. 6 crozz, Benz EQA, Benz EQB, Benz EQC, hechuang z03, geometry C, Nezha u, Tang new energy, Weilai ec6, Weilai ES6, Weilai es8, Volvo xc40 new energy, Xiaopeng G3 and other car systems. At the same time, a small number of car systems are not available for sale. The longitudinal consumption quality index of 2022q2 pure electric vehicle SUV is slightly higher than that of 2022q1.
The sensory quality, safety and cost performance ratio have been significantly improved, and the performance design has been slightly improved, mainly due to the excellent performance of sensory quality (appearance, interior decoration, comfort and space performance), safety configuration, intelligent level and endurance mileage of most new models. Moreover, the value retention rate of most of the sold models has been improved, but the charging time of some new models still has room for optimization. Compared with the overall trend of 2021q2, the longitudinal consumption quality index of SUV models in 2022q2 is better and significantly improved, and each index has steadily increased after a small fluctuation in the early stage.
In the plug-in hybrid vehicle market, the newly launched vehicles in this quarter are mainly SUV models, and a small number of compact and medium-sized vehicles and above are launched. Compared with 2022q1 and 2022q2, the longitudinal consumer quality index of compact cars is slightly lower, the longitudinal consumer quality index of medium-sized cars and above is basically the same, and the longitudinal consumer quality index of SUV models is improved. Compared with 2021q2, the vertical consumer quality index of all models has developed steadily.
The longitudinal consumption quality index of 2022q2 compact plug-in hybrid vehicle is slightly lower than that of 2022q1, the sensory quality and performance design are basically the same, and the safety and cost performance are slightly reduced. The newly launched vehicle lines Qin plus and Wei Lan 6 are not ideal in terms of safety configuration, intelligence, endurance mileage and battery pack warranty mileage. The value retention rate of some of the vehicles on sale increased slightly. Compared with 2021q2 and 2022q2, the longitudinal consumer quality index generally maintained stable development, with only a small fluctuation. The sensory quality and performance design changes were relatively consistent, showing a reverse fluctuation with safety. The price performance ratio fluctuated significantly, and the overall trend was improved.
In 2022q2, the longitudinal consumption quality index of plug-in hybrid vehicles of medium-sized vehicles and above is basically the same as that of 2022q1. The sensory quality was slightly improved, the safety was basically the same, the price performance ratio was slightly improved, and the performance design was slightly reduced. Most of the plug-in hybrid vehicles are German joint-venture brands, and high-quality new vehicles of Volvo, Mercedes Benz, BYD, Porsche and other brands are newly launched in this quarter.
The safety configuration and driving range of the new car series have been significantly improved, which has led to the improvement of the cost performance index. However, the slow charging time is long, resulting in the reduction of the performance design index. Compared with 2021q2 and 2022q2, the longitudinal consumer quality index remains stable as a whole, the sensory quality fluctuates greatly and decreases to some extent, the safety is at a high level and the performance design fluctuates slightly, and the cost performance ratio has decreased in the early stage, and is gradually recovering.
SUV models are the main competitive area in the plug-in hybrid market. Many new models of plug-in hybrid SUV models have been launched in this quarter. Compared with 2022q1 and 2022q2 plug-in hybrid SUV models, the longitudinal consumer quality index of the new models of Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Volvo, jeep, BYD and other brands newly launched in this quarter has slightly increased, the sensory quality has slightly decreased, the performance design is basically the same, and the safety and sex price ratio have improved.
This is mainly due to the safety configuration, charging time and battery pack warranty mileage of some new models are better than the average level, and the favorable performance design indicators have risen slightly, and the value retention rate of most of the vehicles in sale has increased. Compared with 2021q2 and 2022q2, the overall longitudinal quality index decreased first and then increased. The sensory quality was flat in the early period and fluctuated in the recent period. The safety and performance design were reversed and the cost performance was gradually improved.
Through the horizontal comparison of the horizontal consumption quality indexes of different models of 2022q2, the comparison of the consumption quality of different model markets is analyzed.
Among pure electric vehicles, compact and above models have the highest horizontal consumption quality index. In this quarter, major automobile enterprises launched a large number of new car series, and the market competition was fierce. Compared with different models, the horizontal consumption quality index of compact and above models and SUV models is significantly higher than that of micro / small models.
Micro / small models only have great advantages in charging time and energy consumption, and other indicators have great room for improvement. The sensory quality and safety of compact and above models and SUV models are at a high level with little difference. Although the intelligence of SUV models is better, compact and above models have some advantages in handling and charging time, which makes their performance design indicators slightly better than SUV models.
Compact and above models have obvious advantages over SUV models in terms of energy consumption, battery pack quality assurance and value retention rate, which makes their cost performance ratio higher than SUV models. The greater advantages of compact and above models in price performance ratio make the horizontal consumption quality index of 2022q2 compact and above models slightly higher than that of SUV models, and maintain the highest horizontal consumption quality index of 2022q2.
In the second quarter of 2022, affected by the shortage of chips, the rise of raw material prices, and the outbreak of the epidemic in many places, the industrial chain, supply chain and market production and marketing of the automobile industry are facing great pressure and challenges. In the face of industry difficulties, the government departments accelerated the promotion of enterprises’ resumption of work and production, guaranteed smooth logistics, and issued a series of policies to stabilize the growth of promotion fees, so as to restore and stimulate market vitality as soon as possible. All automobile enterprises overcome difficulties and take positive actions. They attach great importance to new energy automobile products, continue to launch many new models, and strengthen market promotion and marketing.
The leading role of new energy vehicles in the automobile industry as a whole has been continuously enhanced. According to the data of China Association of automobile industry, in the first half of 2022, the penetration rate of new energy passenger vehicles reached 24.0%, and the proportion of new energy vehicles in Chinese brand passenger vehicles has reached 39.8%. In the future, new energy vehicles will maintain a high-speed growth momentum, and the competition between traditional automobile enterprises and new forces of domestic automobile manufacturing will become increasingly fierce. It is necessary to continuously introduce high-quality new energy vehicle products and services that meet the market demand, so as to promote the sustainable and vigorous development of new energy vehicles, improve the quality, lay a solid foundation and reach a new level.
Among plug-in hybrid vehicles, SUV models maintain the highest horizontal consumption quality index with obvious advantages. In this quarter, a small number of new models of compact cars and medium-sized cars and above were launched, and the newly launched models were mainly focused on SUV models. The market competition of SUV models was more exciting. Although compact cars have certain advantages in charging time and energy consumption, other indicators need to be improved.
The safety configuration, acceleration time, intelligent degree and maintenance rate of medium-sized vehicles and above are at a high level, but there is still much room for improvement in sensory quality, performance design and cost performance. In addition to the charging time and energy consumption to be optimized, the sensory quality, performance design and cost performance index of SUV models are significantly superior to other models. SUV models maintain the highest horizontal consumption quality index in 2022q2.