Axios doesn’t delineate enough to tell us in their headline that BYD numbers are hybrids + EVs. Here’s their incorrect headline: Tesla is no longer the world’s largest EV producer
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/05/byd-tesla-ev-elon-musk-warr…
Chinese automaker BYD, which is backed by Warren Buffett, has surpassed Tesla as the world’s leading electric vehicle seller.
The figure represents a nearly 325% year-on-year increase from the same period last year.
In June alone, BYD sold 133,762 electric or plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles.
In the first two quarters of 2022, BYD sold 323,519 battery electric vehicles and 314,638 plug-in hybrids.In the first two quarters of 2022, BYD sold 323,519 battery electric vehicles and 314,638 plug-in hybrids.
My note: Further down we read $TSLA sold 564,743 vehicles in the first six months of the year. Tesla doesn’t make hybrids. Only EVs. Hence, Tesla is still no. 1 in EV sales this year worldwide. Axios needs a better editor.