Published on November 20th, 2020 | by greentechheadlines
0China: BYD Plug-In Electric Car Sales Surge In October 2020, Thanks to the new Han models, sales are back on the path of growth in both categories – BEVs and PHEVs.
BYD continues to increase itss plug-in car sales. After a decent result in September, in October the volume expanded even further.
Last month, plug-in car sales increased by 83% year-over-year to 22,045. It was 47% of total BYD car sales.
About a third of the number comes from the BYD Han (5,055 all-electric and 2,490 plug-in hybrids), but also the BYD e2 did pretty well (a new monthly record of 2,598). The BYD Tang plug-in hybrid notes a strong 3,721 units.
- BEVs: 14,919 (up 97% year-over-year)
- PHEVs: 7,126 (up 60% year-over-year)
So far this year, BYD sold in China 125,905 plug-in electric cars (down 36% year-over-year).
- Qin BEV (Qin and Qin Pro) – 4,535 (38,840 YTD)
- Tang PHEV – 3,721 (14,750 YTD)
- e2 – 2,598 (14,650 YTD)
- Yuan BEV – 1,112 (13,752 YTD)
- Han BEV – 5,055 (12,284 YTD)
- Song BEV – 1,023 (8,724 YTD)
- Song PHEV – 586 (6,390 YTD)
- Han PHEV – 2,490 (6,078 YTD)
- Qin PHEV – 234 (4,058 YTD)
- e3 – 414 (2,143 YTD)
- Tang BEV – 0 (1,387 YTD)
- e1 – 182 (1,383 YTD)
- Song MAX PHEV – 95 (1,363 YTD)
Besides plug-in cars, BYD delivered also 1,172 commercial electric vehicles (up 123% year-over-year), including 1,023 buses.
In total, plug-in vehicle sales amounted to 23,217 (up 84.7% year-over-year) last month and 134,518 (down 34.6% year-over-year) so far this year.