BYD has overtaken Tesla as the top-selling electric vehicle brand in Singapore, with the Chinese automaker surging ahead of the American brand in units sold for the first five months of 2023, the Straits Times reports.
According to data from the country’s land transport authority (LTA), BYD registered 303 EVs in the republic from January to May, putting it ahead of Tesla, which managed 283 units during the same period. In third place was BMW with 249 units. About 20% of BYD sales were to private-hire operators.
While the race to determine the No 1 spot for the year still remains open, with quite a way to go, BYD will fancy its chances on finishing top when the time comes. Although Tesla remained the market leader in Singapore last year, its lead had dropped from 53.1% of all EVs registered in 2021 to 24.1% in 2022. The biggest gainer in terms of registration figures was BYD, which finished just 89 units behind Tesla in 2022.
The LTA indicated that 1,462 electric cars were registered in the first five months of 2023, accounting for 13.4% of total vehicle registrations, up slightly from the 11.7% recorded in the same period last year. However, the total number of EVs in Singapore remains low, with just 7,961 electric cars on the road as of end-May, accounting for just 1.2% of the total car population.
The report added that half of the top 10 bestsellers, which includes the likes of Mercedes-Benz (171 units), Hyundai (56), Polestar (51), Porsche (43) and MG (42), suffered a dip in market share. Newcomers to the top 10 list for the January-May period were Opel and Volvo, the former’s volume (98 units) coming from its EVs replacing the Bluecar in electric car-sharing company BlueSG‘s fleet, while Volvo (57) replaced Audi in the list.
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So called first world country buying third world car. Singapore has nothing everything is shipped across the bridge even water and manpower. They go JB for petrol and groceries and behave badly on road you can hear them they go so cheap so cheap in shops.
And yet a country who had nothing are so rich when compared to those who had so much resources one just wonder why.
because both are governed by different races. one is simply better than the other.
If you are against that particular race so much, then why are you still living here?
because i’m bumi. so why cant i still living here? ak compare cara orang melayu keje dgn cara bangsa lain, memang malas n x apa mentality. cmn nk bangga?
You mean unity govt fail big time…most people say so…no worries they wont last long
Greedy is not same as hard working. Lancho kuning
being greedy alone won’t make money fall from the sky, still need to work hard to become rich, si tongkat
3rd world car?? You can afford boh?? BYD is now the second best selling EV just after Tesla but at its growth rate it will overtake Tesla soon. Selling so many cars and if you still cannot afford means you are considered in the poor income bracket based on global median income graph.
malaysian is real loser SUCK my thumb LOSER
malaysia is a sewer
Best selling because it’s cheap doesn’t mean it’s good. Nothing good comes cheap and nothing cheap is good.
Cheat but you still can’t afford it? hahaha. BYD is the best in the market. Ask any BYD owner. If you google up global IQ rank, you will see realize that SG and all east asians are on the top 5 list. Smart people will know what is best. Clearly you’re not in the top 5 group. Its obvious
Those so cheap so cheap one tmd. They open their mouth say stuffs like that, johore stuffs all price hike. They still say cheap, we locals suffer.
When P2 crows they outsell P1… lol
BYD sold more cars than Porsche in Singapore?
It seems that the Singaporean dream is over and they are in a finacial crisis now?
LOL good thing you’re not an economist.
Singaporeans dont need to buy car. Their public transport system is world-class. Those who even bother to buy cars are either for work, or filthy rich. So BYD selling so sell is because those who didn’t think they wanted a car in the past, now suddenly wants to own one.
Those who are ‘filthy rich’ in Singapore now buy BYD? LOL!
You didn’t know SG has COE? Just to get the number plate can buy a house in Malaysia already. So yes, those who owns a car in SG is already richer than you
err, why not???
Damn right. Those who go to Singapore regularly will know. You call for a Grab Car and suddenly a Vellfire or Lexus driver comes to pick you up. Nagging your ass off by telling you don’t touch his car, he will open the door, don’t scratch the car etc and kena phark kaw kaw “if you can afford this expensive car and so afraid of it getting damaged, why are you using it as a cheap taxi???”
Singaporean is the epitome of biar papa asal bergaya. Household debt sky high, most people of retirement age can never retire, but they’ll insist on showing outwardly like they’re financially free while being chained up like Kunta Kinte by the economic system
Its no surprising. BYD is the best in the game at the moment with the safest and most durable battery. Even in Australia and NZ its selling like hot cakes. Demand exceeds supply
The last I checked China has avg 7 EV catching fire a day and BYD taking the top spot.
Then maybe you are checking fake news that are meant for audience with sheep brain. I also can write your house in fire now, please check
iphone also catch fire, samsung also catch fire.
so what’s your point?
LFP blade battery claimed to be immune to thermal runaway effect and yet.. there are still many cases weekly in China of BYDs catching fire while being charged??
Aiya DonkeyKong, no need try so hard to spread fake news la. You look like a sore loser. Now you know why your motherland is so poor. try to not get jealous of others. Instead of putting others down, you should learn how to improve yourself and contribute to the society like how China and all other east asians are doing. Now you know why your motherland not successful..its the negativity and the jealous culture. Grow up.
DK being racist as usual. mean while thanks to his race controlling malaysia the government now SGD to MYR is 3.4.
I don’t think DK’s race is governing our government.He is the typical race that likes to drag others down instead of improving or support others. East Asians will cheer if their friends or family do well, Malays are neutral most of the time, dengki but wusually won’t drag opthers down. Only 1 particular type are like crabs in a bucket. Always pull others downn instead of push others up. Very bad for nation building and therefore hardly contribute to their country
I’d take that with a bucket of salt.
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A jealous Moodi Pooper supporter I see. Awww so pitiful. Poor fella feel ashamed of his motherland and he thought that spreading fake news will make his race smarter and more successful. Sorry to let you know it will only make other more successful. That is how God works. The good will always prevail
Sell 303 biji top spot already..??sooner malaysia will surpass 10x ganda. The reason singapore ev selling slow because their country lack of land. They afford to buy ev car but not afford to own a landed house to charge the car.
singaporean buying malaysian property lah, bodoh
bodo they don’t even need landed property to charge, publicly accessible chargers are every where
I wish ev sales will skyrocket in singapore. Then they won’t come to malaysia and steal our Ron 95 hahaha
i wish Malaysian b40 weren’t so friggin poor then we wouldn’t need subsidies for ron95