In April, a new all-electric BYD e1 entered the Chinese market with 1,157 sales
In April BYD sold in China 22,735 plug-in electric cars, which is 73.5% more than year ago at 62% share out of its overall sales results (36,563).
The brand in on the rise with almost 94,000 plug-in sales during the first four months as the lineup was strengthened by new and upgraded models.
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BYD plug-in electric car sales in China – April 2019
The lineup now consists of 10 plug-in models. The top selling model is BYD Yuan BEV, which with 30,874 sales YTD is the top plug-in model in China.
The plug-in hybrid Song MAX PHEV was introduced in March and now April stats include for the very first time the new small city BEV - e1.
BYD sales breakdown:
- Yuan BEV – 6428 (30,874 YTD)
- e5 – 4,602 (19,129 YTD)
- Tang PHEV – 3,833 (18,720 YTD)
- Qin PHEV – 1,164 (7,684 YTD)
- Song PHEV – 887 (5,159 YTD)
- Qin BEV – 1,753 (4,706 YTD)
- Tang BEV - 1,651 (3,245 YTD) *New monthly record
- Song BEV – 525 (2,492 YTD)
- e1 - 1,157 (1,157 YTD) *New model
- Song MAX PHEV - 735 (801 YTD)*New monthly record
Most of the sales are now BEVs:
- BEVs: 16,116
- PHEVs: 6,619
