As reported earlier today, BYD’s full electric car sales were up 34% in August (year over year) while its plugin hybrid electric car sales were down 23%. You can take that as a positive or a negative, depending on your preferences and how you look it, but the net result … [continued]
Following up on my report on BYD’s car, SUV, and pickup truck sales in June, let’s also have a look at its commercial vehicle sales. The company breaks out electric bus sales from this overall segment, and then also shares data on non-bus commercial vehicle sales. Starting with BYD’s bus … [continued]
BYD’s electric car sales have been growing fast, but they haven’t been growing as fast as BYD’s electric commercial vehicle sales. Let’s start with the buses. BYD’s electric bus sales were up 79.5% in May, compared to May 2024. Sales rose from 239 to 429. Looking at the first five … [continued]
BYD electric car sales have been growing strongly, but that’s nothing compared to the growth of BYD’s commercial electric vehicles. BYD’s commercial vehicle sales are reported separately as buses and “others.” While its electric buses have gotten much more attention for years — over a decade even — its BYD’s … [continued]
Following up on BYD’s passenger electric vehicle sales growth (which put it solidly ahead of Tesla in BEV sales, not to mention overall plugin vehicle sales), let’s take a look at BYD’s commercial electric vehicles sales in March and the 1st quarter as a whole. BYD’s March Commercial EV Sales … [continued]
Almost 12 years ago, in 2013, I was in Barcelona for an EV conference, EVS 27. As part of the conference, we got to go on a little “field trip” with the local transit agency on a BYD electric bus. Out in some sprinkling rain with a group of other … [continued]
India’s Olectra has ordered over 2000 more electric bus chassis from BYD. They will all use BYD’s proven Blade battery technology.
Following up on our report on BYD passenger vehicle sales in February and January–February, let’s have a look at the company’s commercial vehicle sales. First of all are the commercial vehicles that get the most attention — buses. Looking at BYD’s electric bus sales, the volume was pretty low in … [continued]
In addition to great sales growth in BYD passenger plugin vehicle sales, BYD followed up a good year of commercial vehicle sales growth in 2024 with an even better start to 2025 — a much better start. Overall, BYD commercial electric vehicle sales grew 763% in January 2025 compared to … [continued]
I just wrote about BYD’s 2024 passenger vehicle sales and highlighted trends going back two years via various charts. However, BYD also produces large commercial electric vehicles — electric buses, heavy-duty electric trucks, and more. For two reasons, I decided to split out commercial electric vehicles into this separate article. … [continued]
