shares of chinese electricvehicle and battery makers fell thursday amid worries that beijing may further tighten pandemicrelated curbs that are hurting a weakened auto industry chinas contemporary amperex technology co the worlds largest maker of electricvehicle batteries was recently 33 lower at 38411 yuan 5304 battery supplier eve energy co and lithiumcompounds producer ganfeng lithium group co dropped 45 and 42 respectively to cny9080 and cny8543 shenzhenlisted shares of auto maker byd co was recently 38 lower at cny25950 in hong kong peers li auto inc and xpeng inc shed 81 and 11 respectively chinas daily covid19 infections topped 8000 on thursday adding to concerns about the lockdowns which have halted production at factories and prevented people from leaving their homes citi said in a note that overall weekly passenger vehicle retail sales from oct 31 to nov 6 missed consensus in both the internalcombustionengine and newenergyvehicle segments with declines of 15 and 11 respectively from a week earlier the china passenger car association on tuesday said we should still pay attention to the disturbance caused by the epidemic in the auto market in october chinas overall passengercar sales rose 73 from a year earlier according to the latest cpca data slower than the more than 20 increase reported from june to september sales of newenergy cars fell to 556000 units in october down 90 from the previous month