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That’s the point of the article? It’s using car sales as a proxy for how tight the lockdown has been.

Yes, it's clear why this has happened, but China is so important across many industries and this is one clear example data point.

The interesting question (IMHO) is what are the ramifications from this for companies, jobs, the economy, both locally and internationally, across all industries.

Not good it seems: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-economy-cools-sha...

That's literally the first line of the article ... "For evidence of just how tight Shanghai’s lockdown has been, consider this: not a single car was sold in the city last month. "