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BYD Sets EV Sales Record, Poised to Overtake Tesla for 2025

Overseas expansion helped BYD counter a late-year slump at home.

Overview

  • BYD reported 2.26 million battery-electric sales in 2025 and 4,602,436 total new‑energy vehicles, meeting its revised full‑year target.
  • Annual growth slowed to 7.7%, with December deliveries down about 18.3% year over year, the fourth straight monthly decline.
  • Overseas deliveries exceeded roughly 1.05 million for the year as BYD scaled exports and advanced new capacity in Hungary, Thailand and Brazil.
  • Tesla indicated around 1.64 million 2025 deliveries, its second consecutive annual decline, and took the unusual step of releasing a company‑compiled analyst consensus ahead of Q4 figures.
  • Analysts cite the end of the US $7,500 EV tax credit, production changeovers, rising Chinese competition and reputational headwinds as key drags on Tesla, while tariffs and price wars are reshaping automaker strategies into 2026.