According to data compiled by Bloomberg, BYD delivered 557,090 electric vehicles (EVs) between April and June this year. This puts the Chinese automaker back on top of the global EV race, as Tesla is reported 480,126 deliveries for the same quarter just yesterday.
As such BYD once again overtook Tesla after falling in Q1 2026 due to a reduction in domestic sales after China scrapped its EV purchase-tax exemption. For the previous quarter, Tesla delivered 358,023 EVs, with reports claiming the company overproduced to the tune of 50,000 units.
BYD already beat Tesla in 2025 when it delivered nearly 2.6 million EVs against the latter’s circa 1.6 million units. For 2026, the company hopes it can offset reduced domestic sales by ramping up exports to Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America, with the company expecting overseas sales to hit 1.5 million units, which exceeds its original goal of 1.3 million units.
The numbers certainly favour BYD, as the 557,090 figure is purely for its EVs, which is the apples-to-apples comparison when pitted against Tesla that only makes EVs. With the brand’s plug-in hybrids included, the volume of its new energy vehicles (NEVs) is far higher.
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Wonder what those SOHAI who keep saying trash have to say! LOL! they cant even afford the chinese trash! cry baby cry… cry inside ur gugu peroscammer axia,beza and saga!
This is not apple to apple comparison lah.. BYD has many cheap EVs, surely they can sell more.
Need to compare similar size and price only apple to apple…
ROTFLMAO Denza or YangWang is cheap EV in your perspective
good job. when bmw and mercedes are fully killed off then its celebration time
Tesla seems slow on R&D of new Tesla car model, instead Musk pull all his effort on SpaceX project. If Tesla not going to launch new model it is not only going to surpasssed by BYD but slowly other Chinese EV maker can catch up while Tesla keep losing its market share.
Some argue Tesla is not about car but the full self driving, the OS system, and energy efficiency. But one cannot deny the old architecture 400V with slower charging speed, interior is plain and boring, weird design especially for Model Y for some people.
Tesla build supercharger DC speed rate up to 250kw while BYD is going to build flash charger with speed up to 1500kw. Yes many cars don’t need a 1500kw charger but why deny it when more and more new EV cars capable to takes up 350-400kWh charging speed. It certainly much faster refilled than using the 250kw charger.
hey hey dont bad mouth tesla, their fans said tesla is the only ev in the world, other are trash.