China September 2018:
China auto sales post biggest drop in 7 years as growth engine stalls
China Sept auto sales -11.6 pct, third straight monthly decline
Sales of new-energy vehicles a category comprising electric battery cars and plug-in electric hybrid vehicles remained strong, up 54.8 percent in September, slightly faster than a month earlier. That took new-energy vehicle sales in the first nine months of this year to 721,000 vehicles, up 81.1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
