After a record August, BYD's sales exceeded 1 million electric vehicles. By selling another 145,627 electric cars last month, BYD has already reached 1 million electric car sales in 2024.
BYD reported sales in August, showing a record 373,082 new energy vehicles sold, including PHEV hybrids and electric vehicles. Thus, BYD surpassed its previous record of 342,383 cars sold in July. Interestingly, BYD has been setting sales records for three months in a row.
Plug-in hybrids saw the biggest increase, with 222,384 cars sold, up 73% from August 2023. August marked BYD's sixth consecutive month of record PHEV hybrid sales.
Meanwhile, BYD sold 148,470 electric vehicles last month, up 2% from last year and up 15% from July. The growth was enough to propel BYD to the 1 million EV mark in 2024.
In total, BYD sold 1,004,623 electric vehicles in the first eight months of 2024, a 12% increase over the same period last year. It said BYD's export sales reached 31,451 electric vehicles, up 26% from last year and up 5% from July.