Update 1/7: Added breakdown to BYD’s brands

BYD Group sold 377,628 passenger vehicles in June, nearly flat from May and up 11% from the same month the previous year. This marks BYD’s highest monthly sales in 2025 so far.

Of those vehicles, 206,884 (54.8%) were battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 170,744 (45.2%) were plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs). BEV sales grew 42.5%, while PHEV sales were down 12.5% year-over-year.

This is the third consecutive month that BYD’s BEV penetration has exceeded 50%, and for the first time, they have surpassed the 200,000 sales threshold for two straight months.

Exports reached 90,049 vehicles, up 233.6% from 30,014 units in June 2024.

The sales include BYD-badged cars, as well as all its other brands, Denza, FCB, and Yangwang. The breakdown of brands is as follows:

• BYD brand: 336,255, up 3.5% YoY
• FCB: 18,903, up 605% YoY
• Denza: 15,783, up 28,6% YoY
• Yangwang: 205, down 50.1% YoY

In the first half of 2025 (January to June), BYD sold 2,113,271 passenger cars, up 31.5% from 1,607,145 units in the same period last year. The Shenzhen-based company has a sales target of 5.5 million vehicles for 2025. In 2024, BYD sold 4.27 million vehicles globally.

The commercial vehicle division, including bus sales, surged 459% from 5,838 to 32,683 units in the first half of 2025 (January to June).

Sales of all vehicles, including commercial and buses, reached 382,585 units in June.

BYD ceased producing ICE-only vehicles in April 2022 and now sells only battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs).

BYD sold 3 million vehicles in 2023 and 4.3 million in 2024, and is expected to deliver around 5.5 million units in 2025 and 6.5 million in 2026.

Production and overseas market

BYD produced 340,570 passenger cars in June, a nearly flat increase from the same month last year. Of it, 189,079 were BEVs and 151,491 were PHEVs.

To fulfil its export ambitions, BYD is building a fleet of 8 massive car carriers, which is nearly complete. The latest one is BYD Zhengzhou, BYD’s 7th vessel, capable of carrying 7,000 vehicles, which began sea trials last week.

In late June, BYD’s sixth vessel, BYD Xi’an, with a capacity of 9,200 vehicles, finished its maiden voyage and was loaded with about 7,000 EVs to be shipped to the UK and EU countries Italy, Spain and Belgium.