BYD has sold more electric vehicles (EVs) globally than any other automaker so far in 2025, overtaking Tesla as the world's favourite EV brand.

According to sales figures from each brand, BYD sold 388,000 more EVs between January 1 and September 30 than Tesla .

BYD's cumulative EV sales reached 1.61 million units at the end of last month, an improvement of 37 per cent over the same period in 2024, while Tesla posted 1.22 million sales – a 6.0 per cent decline.

The last quarter was the fourth consecutive three-month period in which BYD has sold more EVs than Tesla.

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That's despite a record quarter for Tesla sales and deliveries between July and September – and BYD's first year-on-year total

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