BYD’s monthly auto sales surpass 200,000 units for first time

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- BYD Company Limited ("BYD") saw its monthly auto sales (including vehicles exported) hit a new high of 201,259 units in Sept. 2022, zooming up 151.22% year on year, while also growing 15.06% month on month, the company announced earlier this week.

Notably, it was the first time for BYD to record a monthly auto sales volume of over 200,000 units and the sixth month in a row to refresh its monthly sales record.

Compared to the same span in 2021, BYD's new energy vehicle (NEV) sales in Sept. soared 183.07%. The blooming growth was mainly attributed to the 187.01 % year-on-year surge in new energy passenger vehicle (NEPV) sales, which stood at 200,973 units. Nevertheless, the new energy commercial vehicle (NECV) segment faced a 73.44% downward movement from a year earlier with only 286 units sold.

For the first nine months of 2022, BYD sold 1,185,103 vehicles in total, representing a 161.76% year-on-year spike. Its year-to-date NEV sales reached 1,180,054 units, shooting up 249.56% from the previous year.

Tang DM-p; photo credit: BYD

Regarding sales of its main vehicle models, the Han family got a sales volume of 31,497 units in Sept. Notably, the sales of the BYD Han DM rocketed 645% from the year-ago period. The Tang, Song, Qin, and Yuan series saw their monthly sales reach 15,058 units, 46,475 units, 39,515 units, and 23,503 units last month, respectively.

The automaker also sold 7,473 Seal sedans and 9,101 Destroyer 05 ("Quzhujian 05") sedans last month. Meanwhile, the sales of the Dolphin all-electric car came in at 24,956 units, skyrocketing 731.9% from a year ago.

BYD said its export volume of passenger vehicles reached 7,736 units in Sept., 541 units and 6,368 units of which were from the Song and Yuan families, respectively.