Visitors try out a new energy car at the CES Asia in Shanghai in June. (LI FUSHENG / CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING — Retail sales of China's new energy vehicles (NEVs) continued to surge in November, the China Passenger Car Association said Thursday.

Retail sales of China's new energy passenger cars came in at about 598,000 units, up 58.2 percent year-on-year.

From January to November, 5.03 million units of new energy passenger cars were sold

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The monthly figure is 7.8 percent higher than the previous month. In October, retail sales of new energy passenger cars came in at about 556,000 units, up 75.2 percent year-on-year.

From January to November, 5.03 million units of new energy passenger cars were sold via retail channels in the country, skyrocketing 100.1 percent from a year ago.