BYD has surged past Tesla in full electric vehicle (BEV) sales. One thing people have been critiquing Tesla for (for a long time, not just since Elon Musk went wild with his DOGE side project) is its lack of models. Instead of rolling out new models year after year (or multiple new models a year, like many automakers do), Tesla has focused on mass production and mass sales of two models — the Tesla Model 3 and the Tesla Model Y. The idea is that’s the most effective way to bring down costs, improve specs, and find more buyers. Other automakers, though, think that a more diversified portfolio of models will appeal to more buyers. That is one area where Chinese EV producers, and BYD in particular, have been excelling. They keep introducing new BEV models, and their sales have been soaring.
Its pure BEV passenger vehicle sales rose 38.7% year over year, while its plugin hybrid sales rose 75.7%.
