{"id":22237,"date":"2022-05-15T00:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T04:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22237"},"modified":"2022-05-15T00:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T04:04:16","slug":"china-byd-plugin-car-sales-april2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22237","title":{"rendered":"China: In April BYD Plug-In Car Sales Quadrupled To 105,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BYD&#8217;s global plug-in electric car sales do not slow down even when the automotive industry is struggling with many challenges.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company&#8217;s report, in April,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/byd\/\">BYD<\/a> plug-in car sales in China amounted to <strong>105,475<\/strong>, which is <strong>321% more<\/strong> than a year ago and a new all-time record (<a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/580337\/china-byd-plugin-car-sales-march2022\/\">after 104,338 in March<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Those are outstanding numbers, about which other manufacturers can only dream of. It seems that so far, BYD has successfully avoided the big impact of COVID-19-related lockdowns, probably partially due to its location (less affected area) and high vertical integration (including power electronics, semiconductors, battery cells).<\/p>\n<p>April was the second month with 0 non-rechargeable car sales and the second with more than 100,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting is that all-electric car (BEV) sales were noticeably higher than plug-in hybrids (PHEV), but the year-over-year growth of PHEVs is still much higher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BYD plug-in car sales results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BEVs: 57,403 <\/strong>(<strong>up 256%<\/strong> year-over-year)<\/li>\n<li><strong>PHEVs: 48,072 <\/strong>(<strong>up 439%<\/strong> year-over-year)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total: 105475 <\/strong>(<strong>up 321%<\/strong> year-over-year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), some 705 BYD plug-ins were exported.<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/byd-plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-china-april-2022.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/byd-plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-china-april-2022.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"914\" height=\"424\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>So far this year, the company sold over 390,000 plug-in electric cars:<\/p>\n<p><strong>BYD plug-in sales year-to-date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BEVs: 200,627 <\/strong>(<strong>up 267%<\/strong> year-over-year)<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PHEVs: 189,585 <\/strong>(<strong>up 700%<\/strong> year-over-year)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total: 390,212 <\/strong>(<strong>up 398%<\/strong> year-over-year)<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/byd-plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-china-april-2022-b.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/byd-plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-china-april-2022-b.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"914\" height=\"442\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The top plug-in electric models in the BYD lineup in April have been, as usual, Song and Qin, but noteworthy is also over 15,000 sales for the Yuan family (including 10,100 units of <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/568694\/byd-yuan-plus-arrived-global\/\">the latest Yuan Plus EV<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A new monthly record was also set by the all-electric BYD Dolphin (12,040), while the new plug-in hybrid BYD Destroyer 05 is in the ramp-up phase at 2,040 in its second month on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the best selling BYD plug-in models:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BYD Song family &#8211; 25,108<\/strong><br \/>BYD Song DM (PHEV) &#8211; 20181 (78030 YTD)<br \/>BYD Song EV &#8211; 4927 (17285 YTD)<\/li>\n<li><strong>BYD Qin family &#8211; 23,520<\/strong><br \/>BYD Qin Plus DM (PHEV) &#8211; 12465 (59418 YTD)<br \/>BYD Qin EV + Qin Pro EV &#8211; 3228 (8084 YTD)<br \/>BYD Qin Plus EV &#8211; 7827 (31859 YTD)<\/li>\n<li><strong>BYD Yuan family &#8211; 15,168<\/strong><br \/>BYD Yuan Plus EV &#8211; 10100 (26642 YTD)<br \/>BYD Yuan EV &#8211; 5068 (18956 YTD)<\/li>\n<li><strong>BYD Han family &#8211; 13,421<\/strong><br \/>BYD Han EV &#8211; 10225 (39395 YTD)<br \/>BYD Han DM (PHEV) &#8211; 3196 (8456 YTD)<\/li>\n<li>BYD Dolphin (EA1) &#8211; 12040 (41708 YTD)<\/li>\n<li><strong>BYD Tang family &#8211; 10,131<br \/><\/strong>BYD Tang DM (PHEV) &#8211; 8818 (36747 YTD)<br \/>BYD Tang EV &#8211; 1313 (2495 YTD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the data (BYD report), besides plug-in cars, last month BYD sold 567 commercial electric vehicles (buses and trucks). Year-to-date, sales of commercial electric vehicles amounted to 2,159.<\/p>\n<p>In total, plug-in vehicle sales stood at 106,042 last month and 392,371 YTD.<\/p>\n<section class=\"embed-item trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"embed\" data-embed-code=\"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22twitter-tweet%22%3E%3Cp%20lang%3D%22en%22%20dir%3D%22ltr%22%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhashtag%2FBYD%3Fsrc%3Dhash%26amp%3Bref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3E%23BYD%3C%2Fa%3E%20sold%20a%20total%20of%20105%2C475%20new%20energy%20passenger%20vehicles%20this%20April--an%20increase%20of%20136.5%25%20YoY%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EWe%20are%20honored%20to%20have%20more%20%26amp%3B%20more%20people%20join%20the%20fight%20against%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhashtag%2Fclimatechange%3Fsrc%3Dhash%26amp%3Bref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3E%23climatechange%3C%2Fa%3E%2C%20together%20we%20can%20create%20a%20Technological%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhashtag%2Fgreen%3Fsrc%3Dhash%26amp%3Bref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3E%23green%3C%2Fa%3E%20future%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhashtag%2Felectricvehicles%3Fsrc%3Dhash%26amp%3Bref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3E%23electricvehicles%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhashtag%2Fevnews%3Fsrc%3Dhash%26amp%3Bref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3E%23evnews%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhashtag%2FClimateActionNow%3Fsrc%3Dhash%26amp%3Bref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3E%23ClimateActionNow%3C%2Fa%3E%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F76YMp5R2ZV%22%3Epic.twitter.com%2F76YMp5R2ZV%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%26mdash%3B%20BYD%20(%40BYDCompany)%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBYDCompany%2Fstatus%2F1521504950856998912%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3EMay%203%2C%202022%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%20%3Cscript%20async%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js%22%20charset%3D%22utf-8%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%20\">\u00a0<\/section>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22584863%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22China%3A%20Made%20In%20China%20Tesla%20Wholesale%20Shipments%20Collapsed%20In%20April%202022%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22china-mic-tesla-wholesale-april2022%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2F9mmNk1%2Fs5%2Ftesla-model-3.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22585489%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Germany%3A%20The%20Plug-In%20Car%20Sales%20Decrease%20Deepened%20In%20April%202022%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22germany-plugin-car-sales-april2022%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2F2W6nK%2Fs5%2Ffiat-500-electric.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BYD&#8217;s global plug-in electric car sales do not slow down even when the automotive industry is struggling with many challenges. According to the company&#8217;s report, in April,\u00a0BYD plug-in car sales in China amounted to 105,475, which is 321% more than a year ago and a new all-time record (after 104,338 in March). Those are outstanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}