EV Sales In China Continued Their Upward Climb In May
Sales of battery electric and plug-in hybrid cars in China were up strongly in May and rapidly approaching 50 percent market share.
BYD sales
BYD’s Commercial Vehicle Sales Up 531% in May — CHARTS
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 BEV Sales Up 40% in May — CHARTS
BYD sales continue to grow. Though, there are some big differences depending on powertrain. In the month of May, BYD’s passenger car sales (all plugin vehicles) were up 14.1% year over year. Looking across the first five months of the year, its passenger vehicle sales were up 37%. Not meteoric, … [continued]
BYD Electric Truck Sales Up 1,195%
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]
BYD BEV Sales Up 46% in April
BYD plugin vehicle sales were up yet again in April. Year over year, plugin vehicle sales were up 19%. However, that only tells part of the story. Just looking at full electric vehicles (BEVs), sales were up 46% year over year in April. On the flip side, plugin hybrid sales … [continued]
52% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — March 2025 Sales Report
BEVs represented over a third of the total Chinese car market in March. March signals the end of the low season in the Chinese EV market — due to the timing of the New Year celebrations. This year, plugins scored almost a million units in the last month of the … [continued]
BYD Commercial Truck Sales Up 1169%!
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]
BYD’s BEV Sales Rise to 24% More Than Tesla’s — GRAPHS & CHARTS
Well, it has happened. For the third time, and the second quarter in a row, BYD’s full electric passenger vehicle (BEV) sales have scored higher than Tesla’s BEV sales. In fact, in the 1st quarter of 2025, BYD had 23.7% more BEV sales globally than Tesla! In unit terms, BYD … [continued]
BYD Sales Up 58% — CHARTS
BYD’s March, and thus Q1, sales numbers are in. Overall, in the 1st quarter, BYD passenger plugin vehicle sales rose 57.9%. Its pure BEV passenger vehicle sales rose 38.7% year over year, while its plugin hybrid sales rose 75.7%. In volume terms, PV sales were up by 361,690 units, BEV … [continued]
BYD Electric Bus Sales Grow 40.5%, Non-Bus Commercial Vehicle Sales Grow 1,459%!
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]
