After publishing my monthly report on BYD sales last week, some commenters left superb comments putting the continued sales drop into perspective, and also hinting at a sales explosion in coming months — a potential sales explosion. Before getting into those, just note that BYD’s sales were down in April … [continued]
The numbers for the 4th month of the year have come in, and BYD keeps getting into a deeper hole. Its passenger vehicle sales were down significantly year over year — its plugin hybrid sales were down, and its BEV sales were down even more. Its commercial vehicle business wasn’t … [continued]
Tesla wins gold and silver in a market running at different speeds. BEVs vs. PHEVs Plugin vehicle registrations were up 5% year over year (YoY) in March, ending the month at around 1.7 million units. Interestingly, BEVs (+12% YoY) and PHEVs (-8% YoY) behaved very differently, with pure electrics back … [continued]
Yet again, BYD didn’t have a great month last month when it comes to passenger vehicle sales. Perhaps that’s because consumers were waiting for the latest and greatest BYD products and thus held off on buying new vehicles for another month or so. Or perhaps it’s just not a good … [continued]
Continuing its 2026 trend, BYD had another down month in terms of year-over-year vehicle sales. Only one segment of its vehicle sales saw growth (and it was significant growth). To start with, let’s jump into the passenger vehicle sales. Note that for each chart or graph, I’m including a static … [continued]
Continuing on the trend for much of the Chinese EV market in 2026, and even increasing it a bit compared to the tough month of January, BYD’s sales crashed in February year over year. Larry Evans wrote a great piece last month on potential reasons or explanations for the sales … [continued]
EV sales in Europe continued their upward trend in January, while sales of conventional cars fell significantly.
BYD passenger vehicle sales are in a tough spot, as just discussed. However, BYD’s commercial vehicle sales are going swimmingly. Compared to December, naturally, sales were down last month (in general, December is a much bigger sales month than January), but they weren’t even down much month over month. Meanwhile, … [continued]
BYD did not have a great start to 2026. Presumably, due to growing competition on the Chinese EV market, the ending of new energy vehicle (NEV) purchase tax exemptions in the country, and the natural market weakness at the beginning of the year, BYD’s sales in January were the lowest … [continued]
It’s a mixed result for BYD at the end of the year. The big headline is that the company passed up Tesla in annual BEV (fully electric vehicle) sales. Overall, the company’s BEV sales grew 28% in 2025. However, that hides a significant drop in sales at the end of … [continued]
