China’s BYD said on Tuesday it delivered 382,585 vehicles globally in June, marking a 10.5% increase from the same month last year.
Of the total, 377,628 were passenger vehicles, including 206,884 battery electric vehicles (BEVs). BEV sales outpaced plug-in hybrid (PHEV) volumes for the third consecutive month, a trend that began in April.
BYD delivered a total of 1.128 million vehicles in the second quarter, including 380,000 units in April and 376,000 in May.
The April–June period marked the company’s first quarter in which fully electric vehicles accounted for the majority of passenger car sales, with BEVs representing 53.8% of the total.
Nearly 607,000 battery electric vehicles were delivered in the quarter.
The figures also showed that registrations for EVs were up 42.8% from the second quarter of 2024, and increased 38.6% from the previous quarter.
Sales outside of China reached 90,049 units, a new record for the seventh consecutive month — more than tripling from the 26,995 vehicles registered overseas a year before.
In the first half of the year, BYD sold 2,146,000 units, 33.0% up from the 1,613,000 units sold in the first six months of 2024.
BYD recently signed a supply agreement with Vienna-based Voestalpine, which will become its first supplier in its first passenger vehicle factory in Europe.
The plant is expected to begin operations in “late 2025”, with an annual production capacity of around 200,000 vehicles.
A report by Reuters last week said that BYD has scaled back production and delayed expansion at some of its factories in China.
According to the outlet, the company canceled night shifts and cut output by at least a third at certain facilities.
However, a source close to the company denied the report, telling Chinese media outlet CnEVPost that the production capacity has “remained stable” with sales growing “steadily.”
BYD sold 78,570 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its domestic market last week, according to registration data shared on Tuesday.
The figures registered between June 23 and 29 showed a 5.8% drop from the prior week. From June 16 to 22, BYD registered the second consecutive week of record-breaking sales in the country, with more than 83,000 vehicles sold.
Despite the slight sales dip, is related not only to the launch of new models but to recent discounts implemented by BYD across 22 models in late May to boost second quarter sales.
In its domestic market, BYD registered 1,423,170 vehicles from January 1 to June 29.
The group’s sub-brand Denza registered 3,000 vehicles in the last full week of June (the same as the prior week), while luxury Fang Cheng Bao‘s sold 4,400 units (200 units above the previous week).
Regarding new energy vehicle brands (NEV) in the country, the company leads the market.
It is followed by Tesla, which sold 20,700 electric vehicles in the last full week of June — a new weekly record for the brand year to date.
Huawei-backed Aito sold 11,700 vehicles, placing first among newcomer NEV brands. XPeng listed 11,200 vehicles, setting a new high in weekly sales.
Xiaomi sold 9,100 EVs between June 23 and 29, and Li Auto registered 8,000 units.
Premium brand Zeekr was outperformed by its main competitor Nio‘s sales in the country last week. The two brands sold 3,000 and 3,800 units, respectively.
Nio’s sub-brand Onvo registered 1,700 EVs, while the recently launched Firefly listed 800 vehicles.
