NEV sales fall by 4.7% in July

Emerging sector set to ring in healthy numbers for the full year, say experts

Sales of new energy vehicles in China fell for the first time in 30 months, sliding 4.7 percent in July from a year earlier, but the country's leading auto industry association expects the segment to ring up overall growth for the calendar year.

Carmakers in China delivered 80,000 electric cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles in July, a little more than half of sales in June, data released on Monday from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed.