CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The Facebook pages devoted to the BYD Shark in Australia are exploding with stories of utes being delivered and new drivers’ experiences. continued] The post BYD Shark Takes a Bite Out of the Ute Market Down Under appeared first on CleanTechnica. Every time one is spotted in the wild, it sparks excitement and a new post.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

After a massive 2024 that made BYD Group the 7th best selling auto group in the world, the company is starting 2025 super strong. continued] The post BYD Sales Increased 47.47% in January CHARTS appeared first on CleanTechnica. The company’s passenger vehicle sales jumped 47.47% in January 2025 compared to January 2024.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Although there are some who object to plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), preferring to go the full BEV route, I believe that PHEVs still have a place in the electric vehicle ecosystem. This is ably demonstrated by Garry’s experience with the first BYD Sea Lion 06 sold in Queensland.

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JUNE 3, 2025

Share In France – BYD Dolphin Surf Arrives In Showrooms appeared first on CleanTechnica. The YoY baseline was lifted by 2024s social leasing programme, so the YoY comparison is somewhat skewed. Overall auto volume was 123,919 units, down some 12% YoY. The Citron e-C3 was the best-selling BEV. continued] The post EVs Take 22.3%

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 8, 2025

Much has been written about the BYD Shark, the stylish EREV pickup truck that will face one of the most established segments of the legacy auto industry in the developing world and Oceania for now. But BYD is not the only player aiming for a piece of this lucrative.

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EV Central

MAY 20, 2025

Toyota has added a plug-in hybrid EV ( PHEV ) drivetrain to its all-new 2026 RAV4, unveiled today ahead of its arrival in Australia in the first half of next year. We believe PHEV will be a big growth market here, and the timing is right,” said Sean Hanley, Toyota Australias vice president of sales, marketing and franchise operations.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 3, 2025

For the third time, and the second quarter in a row, BYD’s full electric passenger vehicle (BEV) sales have scored higher than Tesla’s BEV sales. In fact, in the 1st quarter of 2025, BYD had 23.7% In unit terms, BYD. Well, it has happened. more BEV sales globally than Tesla!

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 11, 2025

BEV volume increased by 45% year on year, while PHEVs grew 79%. May saw plugin EVs at 28.5% share in Germany, up from 18.5% year on year. Overall auto volume was 239,297 units, almost flat YoY. May’s best-selling BEV, for the 5th consecutive month, was the Volkswagen ID.7. May’s sales. continued] The post EVs At 28.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2025

million units, with BEVs being the driver of growth (+24% YoY) compared to PHEVs (+8%). Plugin vehicle registrations were up 18% year over year (YoY) in January, to over 1.2 Share-wise, 2025 started with plugin vehicles getting 19% share of the global auto market (12% BEV). The global market was.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 2, 2025

The worlds top two electric vehicle companies, BYD and Tesla, just released their latest annual sales figures, and they make some really interesting reading. Tesla leads the way in terms of battery electric vehicle sales, but its getting quite tight, as BYD is now creeping up and getting close to.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 8, 2025

BEVs grew in volume by 26% YoY, while PHEVs grew 51%. Share Of The UK – BYD Dolphin Surf Arrives! May saw plugin EVs take 33.7% share of the UK auto market, up from 25.7% year-on-year. Overall auto volume was fractionally up year-on-year, at 150,070 units. Volkswagen was the UK’s leading BEV brand in May. May’s sales totals saw.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Standing in front of the solid awesomeness of the BYD Shark brought back to memory the surreal comments of a certain presidential candidate. He opined that he would rather be electrocuted than eaten by a shark. In Australia, legacy automakers might not get much choice — they may well be. That Is The Question.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 3, 2025

BYD’s plugin vehicle sales continue to increase. Like the overall EV market globally, and leading the overall EV market globally, BYD sales have been growing and growing and growing. After years of trailing Tesla but being by far the closest to the company in fully electric vehicle sales, BYD passed. in June!

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 9, 2025

of all new car registrations, with diesels taking half of the remainder (and 3x the number PHEVs). The April auto market saw plugin EVs take 97.4% share in Norway, up from 91.0% year on year. BEVs alone accounted for 97.0% Total new passenger vehicle registrations for the month reached 11,286. continued] The post EVs Take 97.4%

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

BEV volume shot up over 53% YoY, though from an anomalously low baseline, while PHEVs grew 23%. January saw plugin EVs at 25.1% share in Germany, up from 17.3% year-on-year. Overall auto volume was 207,640 units, down 2.8% Januarys best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.7. Januarys sales saw combined. continued] The post EVs At 25.1%

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MAY 4, 2025

BEVs were slightly up in share YoY, whilst PHEVs were fractionally down. April’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 25.3% share in France, up from 24.3% year-on-year. Overall auto volume was 138,697 units, down some 6%YoY. The Renault 5 was Frances best selling BEV in April. April saw combined EVs. continued] The post EVs At 25.3%

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Continuing the trend of rolling out its electric vehicles in a new market every week (or, at least, that’s what it feels like), BYD has entered Peru with 5 plugin vehicle models (“new energy vehicle” models as they call them in China). The 5 models BYD is initially launching in.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2025

Autovista24 special content editor Phil Curry examines the top-performing battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). Meanwhile, the global PHEV market jumped by 34% year on year with 567,986 deliveries. The PHEV market saw growth of 30.9% Meanwhile, its PHEV deliveries made up only 5.4% of PHEV totals.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

BYD is the clear electric vehicle winner of the year so far. While Tesla’s sales have stagnated, BYD sales are up, up, up. We’ve been writing about its growth in various ways as big news comes out, but I decided to jump into BYD’s monthly sales reports to create some. continued] The post BYD Sales Up 36.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

BYD’s growth has been astounding in recent years, especially if you go all the way back to the severely limited and laughed-at BYD e6! continued] The post Is BYD Going To Become The Largest Automaker In The World?

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 2, 2025

Previously, they had been betting in launching BEV models in Europe, with the PHEV market. continued] The post Tariffs and the Difference between Chinese BEVs & PHEVs appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

BYD has now become the first automaker to produce 10 million plugin vehicles (or “new energy vehicles” as they are called in China). I’m going to be honest — when the BYD e6 was the company’s “popular” electric vehicle, mostly with taxi companies, I was not particularly bullish on the.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 2, 2024

BYD continues to shatter records for plugin vehicle sales (aka “new energy vehicle” sales in China). Therefore, combined, BYD sold more than one million plugin vehicles in just. continued] The post BYD Sells 1 Million Plugin Vehicles in Just 2 Months!

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 24, 2024

We’ve got a few short news stories here from Toyota and BYD. continued] The post Toyota–BYD Crossover? Toyota’s Akio Toyoda Off The Map On EVs, BYD Passes VW In China appeared first on CleanTechnica. And they highlight what could be a massive.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 13, 2025

We’ve now got Tesla’s quarterly sales numbers through 2024 and BYD’s quarterly sales numbers through 2024 (after crunching some numbers). continued] The post BYD Running Away from Tesla on Vehicle Sales appeared first on CleanTechnica. I’ll start with comparisons of BEV sales, and then I’ll get into a.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

BYD’s growth and expansion into new country markets has been one of the top cleantech stories of the year. This week, news is that BYD is entering Guatemala. BYD has just launched four models in the Central American country, [continued] The post BYD Enters Guatemala appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 27, 2022

BYD is an interesting company. Tesla and BYD have grown their plugin vehicle production and sales almost in tandem for the past decade. Currently, they are neck and neck in global plugin sales in 2022 — Tesla in the winning position one month, then BYD […]. It’s like a very distant, very neglected cousin of Tesla.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 2, 2025

BYD’s huge growth in 2024, as I wrote just two days ago, was one of the stories of the year. Now we have BYD’s December and full-year 2024 sales in, and they’re good. In December, BYD’s plugin vehicle sales were up 60%! Across the full year, they were up 41.3%.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

BYD is surging in production, sales, and profits as it challenges most of the world's major automakers in more than 70 countries. The post BYD May Soon Be Selling More Vehicles Than Ford appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

BYD is now neck and neck with Tesla in terms of quarterly pure electric vehicle (BEV) sales, and it has. continued] The post BYD Produces Its 6 Millionth Plugin Vehicle! appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Last week, I wrote generally about the idea that BYD’s strong upward trend, Toyota’s seeming lack of a serious EV plan (including continued daydreams about hydrogen), and Volkswagen’s struggles in China could lead to BYD becoming the #1 top selling automaker in the world. I didn’t dive deeply into recent.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 9, 2025

BYD plugin vehicle sales were up yet again in April. continued] The post BYD BEV Sales Up 46% in April appeared first on CleanTechnica. Year over year, plugin vehicle sales were up 19%. However, that only tells part of the story. Just looking at full electric vehicles (BEVs), sales were up 46% year over year in April.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

BYD continues to sell more and more electric vehicles. The company had 82,678 full electric vehicle (BEV) sales and another 91,299 plugin hybrid (PHEV) sales, which Jose Pontes kindly informed me is what […]. This week it released its August sales — only on Twitter, it seems — and the results are as compelling as ever.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 18, 2023

In February of last year, BYD Auto Industry Co Ltd (BYD) and UZAVTOSANOAT JSC (UzAuto) signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop, produce, and popularize “new energy vehicles” (NEV) in Uzbekistan. UzAuto is the largest and only manufacturer in Central Asia to offer a full range of vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2025

I recall the Chinese EV market getting into an extreme price war a couple of years ago, and then another one, and then another one… The market has been in a series of prices for a long time, and BYD reportedly started another one recently. Some other big players in.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 20, 2025

The Philippines is the first country outside of China to receive the Sealion 5 DM-i While Brazil complains about BYD’s shipment of nearly 8,000 cars carried by the BYD Shenzhen to the Port of Itajaí in Santa Catarina, the Philippines has launched the Sealion 5 DM-i, a vehicle not yet.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

BYD continues its massive expansion globally and rollout of new model after new model. continued] The post BYD Launches Shark in Brazil & Song Pro in Paraguay appeared first on CleanTechnica. It is quickly rising up the ranks when it comes to global auto sales, and I’m more convinced each day it will rise to #1.

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