BYD extended its lead over Volkswagen Group as China’s top-selling automaker, with its wide range of electric vehicles proving hugely popular among local buyers.
After dethroning the German giant for the first time earlier this year, BYD notched up 595,300 sales of plug-in hybrids and full-electric vehicles in the quarter through June, increasing its market share to 11.2 percent, according to data from the China Automotive Technology and Research Center. VW sold 544,000 vehicles in total, of which 23,433 were full-electric, or roughly 4 percent.
Tesla sold 157,000 of its EVs and ranks 12th. In purely EV sales, Tesla is second in China after BYD.