UK becomes BYD’s largest international market after sales surge

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1. BYD Sales Increase Ten-Fold

   The company sold 11,271 vehicles in the UK during September, much higher than the 1,150 units it sold in the region during September last year, The Financial Times reported on Monday. BYD’s current EV market share in the UK stands at 3.6%, second to Tesla, the report said.

   The company aims to become the UK’s biggest EV and PHEV company, with the UK manager Bono Ge saying that BYD wants “to see steady growth and . . . we want people to see we are a technology company,” the report said.

   BYD’s UK Growth, Tesla’s Sales Fall

   The news comes as BYD had recorded a more than 300% surge in the UK during July, selling 3,184 units in the country, with rival Tesla selling 987 units during the same period in the region, down from 2,462 units in the UK last year.

   Tesla’s sales also fell by more than 25% in the Italian market, according to data released by the authorities in Italy, as the EV giant sold 1,450 units in the region during September.

2. The government needs to attract BYD to build here in Britain using carrot & stick approaches. We need the manufacturing jobs.

3. I suspect the cars are heavily subsidised by the Chinese state. Meant to be OK cars though for the money….

4. I wonder if Elons antics haven’t done BYD a massive favour.

5. Buy Chinese goods, wonder why the UK and European economy is not growing.

6. Anecdotal but this time last year I’m not sure I would have seen one on the road before but now they’re probably as common as a Volvo.

7. Cheaper than a Tesla, more choice than a Tesla, not obviously worse than a Tesla, not made by Musk.

8. I’m not surprised. They don’t just do square boxes and have compelling alternatives to full EVs.

9. I like BYD, when I finally retire the diesel it’s likely I will go for this brand. However the expensive car tax needs to change before I purchase an EV as the models with decent range tend to be over £40k when new.

10. They’re great cars. Not surprised..also, fuck Elon.

11. I picked up a BYD Seal Performance 6 months ago and haven’t looked back. The quality is incredible, not to mention it’s stupid quick and nice not seeing so many around like Teslas.

    I do wish the government could strike a better deal with the Chinese to bring down the prices more (they’re still over double the chinese domestic costs) and help us benefit more. It’s a stark reminder that China hasn’t just caught up but started to change from the historical perception of “cheap and tacky crap” to near luxury whilst still being competitive on price, mostly.

12. The amount of people who believe BYD produce great cars is staggering.

    They produce great “looking” cars, but not beyond the surface. I have people come to me with problems after only owning one a single year

13. They are very common now. Just go for a drive and you’ll see a few 25 plate BYD cars.

14. We have just purchased 100 for corporate and dumped all our Tesla’s.

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