MIIT audit flags Geely EX2 and BYD Qin L DM-i over data inconsistencies

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released the findings of its 2025 annual consistency audit of new energy vehicles, which flagged seven models across four categories of non-conformity. Two high-profile names appeared on the list: the Geely EX2 and the BYD Qin L DM-i. The ministry stressed that the results concern test samples and do not automatically mean production cars face a recall.

Geely's issue involves the EX2, model code JL7001BEV71, built by Zhejiang Haoqing Automobile Manufacturing and sold in China as the Xingyuan. The model has just opened for orders in Europe, with dealer deliveries slated for September 2026. MIIT said the audited sample's wheelbase differed from the officially cataloged figure by more than the allowed 1% tolerance, without publishing the measured value. The case was framed as a production-process consistency problem rather than a direct safety or performance defect.

BYD's plug-in hybrid Qin L DM-i, model code BYD7153WT6HEV, was cited for a separate matter: its sample consumed more fuel in charge-sustaining mode — where the engine acts as the main energy source while the battery holds its charge band — than the figure BYD declared for certification. No actual consumption numbers were disclosed, and the ministry said the finding does not indicate a drivetrain fault.

Possible responses range from ordering rectification to suspending or revoking type approvals and halting the transmission of electronic conformity certificates, but the notice did not spell out which measures applied to either automaker, and neither was required to stop production. The disclosure came shortly after MIIT, together with the public security, ecology and environment, and market regulation authorities, launched a one-year nationwide production quality inspection campaign on August 27, adding factory audits, sampling and testing of vehicles and key components while urging makers to tighten supply-chain controls and rein in irrational competition.