China exported 3.083 million vehicles in the first half of 2025, up 10.4% year-on-year. Recently, the China Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) revealed that the BYD Song Plus was the most exported vehicle in the first half of 2025. Among the top 20 most exported models, gasoline-powered vehicles still dominate, while only nine new energy vehicles (NEVs) made the list.
In particular, 1.06 million NEVs were exported, including 670,000 BEVs and 390,000 PHEVs, a year-on-year increase of 40.2% and 210%, respectively. 1.011 million units were also passenger vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 71.3%.
| Ranking | Model | Export Volume | Y-o-Y Change |
| 1 | BYD Song Plus | 134,105 | 184.0% |
| 2 | MG ZS | 91,706 | 45.4% |
| 3 | Chery Tiggo 5X | 69,838 | -4.6% |
| 4 | Chery Tiggo 7 | 63,965 | -43.3% |
| 5 | BYD Seagull | 61,314 | 77.1% |
| 6 | Tesla Model 3 | 58,521 | -41.0% |
| 7 | Geely Binyue (Coolray) | 53,199 | -6.0% |
| 8 | Chery Discovery 06 C-DM | 51,372 | 342,380.0% |
| 9 | MG3 | 49,999 | 1.3% |
| 10 | BYD Sealion 07 EV | 49,706 | — |
| 11 | Haval Jolion | 44,337 | -26.6% |
| 12 | Tesla Model Y | 42,543 | -13.5% |
| 13 | Chery Omoda | 41,674 | -36.2% |
| 14 | BYD Yuan Plus (Atto 3) | 39,422 | 65.2% |
| 15 | Chery Tiggo 8 | 37,204 | -23.1% |
| 16 | JAC X8 Plus | 36,809 | 11.9% |
| 17 | Baojun 310 | 36,359 | 12.0% |
| 18 | BYD Song Pro | 36,139 | 65.3% |
| 19 | Changan CS55 Plus | 35,794 | -22.5% |
| 20 | Jetour Traveller | 35,204 | 32.4% |
BYD Song Plus topped the list with 134,105 vehicles exported, a year-on-year surge of 184.0% or an increase of 86,882 vehicles compared with the same period last year. Its ranking also jumped from 11th last year to 1st this year.
MG ZS came in second with 91,706 vehicles exported, up 45.4% year-on-year or an increase of 28,627 units, a jump from 5th place last year.
At the same time, the BYD Sealion 07 EV made it on the top 20 list for the first time, ranking tenth with 49,706 units exported, also overtook the Tesla Model Y, which exported 42,543 units.
Most notably, the Chery Discovery 06 C-DM’s export volume surged 342,380.0% from only 15 units same period last year to 51,372 units, also up from 271st place last year to 8th.
Furthermore, among the top ten vehicle exporters in the first half of this year, Chery ranked first with 548,000 vehicles exported, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%; followed by BYD’s 472,000 vehicles, which had the highest export growth rate of up 130% year-on-year. Other automakers such as SAIC (438,000 vehicles), Changan (299,000 vehicles), and Geely (236,000 vehicles) all exported more than 200,000 vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
Source: CADA, Yiche, CAAM, MG, BYD, Chery
