Sales Of Environmentally Friendly Vehicles BYD Tembus 330,000 Units In May 2024

BYD Song Plus DM-i. (Doc. BYD Auto)

JAKARTA - Build Your Dreams or BYD managed to get impressive results in global sales of electrified vehicles last May. In fact, this achievement is close to a record high in December last year.

According to a report by InsideEVs, Thursday, June 6, sales of BYD EV and Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) cars reached 330,488 units, an increase of 38 percent from the previous year in the same period. Of these, more than 15,000 units recorded came from sub-brand company EV units.

From total sales in May, sales of purely manufacturerial electric vehicles (EV) from China in May reached 146,395 units, an increase of 22 percent from last year's achievement. Meanwhile, for PHEV, BYD posted sales reaching 184,093 units or 54 percent more than last year's achievement. Thus, PHEV's achievements in May exceeded the achievement of a pure EV.

Meanwhile, for the first five months of this year, the manufacturer, which was founded in 2003, has sold 1,266,934 units of PHEV vehicles with passengers or an increase of up to 27 percent from the previous one. Of this number, the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) segment contributed 580,974 units, an increase of 19 percent. Then, PHEV vehicles contributed as many as 685,960 units, an increase of 35 percent.

The model that became BYD's best-selling product globally in May 2024 was the Song series reaching 82,174 units, an increase of 116 percent. This achievement was followed by the Qin model of 57,072 units, an increase of 30 percent, followed by the Yuan series with 40,231 units and a total of 35,370 units of Seagull.

This achievement further eroded the hopes that manufacturers could sell vehicles more than last year's achievement. In 2023, BYD will receive sales of more than 3 million plug-in vehicles with passengers or 62 percent more than 2022.

With this significant upward trend, BYD continues to show its dominance in the global electric vehicle market and continues to compete fiercely with Tesla, particularly in an effort to fully lead electric car sales in the coming quarters.