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]
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]
The first retail production all-electric 2025 Cadillac ESCALADE IQ, VIN 001, to cross the Barrett-Jackson Auction Block to Benefit Detroit Children’s Fund. Image courtesy of Cadillac.
A typical EV is 87% to 91% efficient (after accounting for regenerative braking), compared to approximately 30% for a normal gasoline vehicle, depending on the drive cycle. That is something to consider every time you buy or rent an automobile. For the second time in its 179-year history, Scientific American … [continued]
Failure to meet demand for zero-emission trucks would present opportunity for Tesla and BYD, T&E says.
One of the most consistent and considerable electric vehicle producers this past decade has been BYD. In fact, it was probably #1, especially if you roll in all of the electric buses and electric trucks it has sold. In the past couple of weeks, though, BYD (which stands for “Build … [continued]
One April 28th, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the final draft of the Advanced Clean Trucks standard, a policy that will require truck manufacturers to make electric trucks. The proposal’s release kicks off a 30-day public comment period leading up to a Board vote on June 25-26.
BYD’s core competency is batteries, which blossomed as a result of founder, CEO, and Chairman Wang Chuanfu’s technical mastery and eye towards the future. He led BYD into cell phone batteries when cell phones made their entrance into the market (in the ’90s!) and then into laptop battery supply as businesses shifted from desktop computing to portable computing solutions.
