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> BYD also saw a slowdown between January and March. Did they, though? > BYD sold 300,114 EVs globally in the first three months of the year, up 13.4% YOY. In
by thebruce87m 2y ago
> BYD also saw a slowdown between January and March.
Did they, though?
> BYD sold 300,114 EVs globally in the first three months of the year, up 13.4% YOY. In April, BYD sold another 134,465 EVs, up 17% over April 2023. Through the first four months of 2024, BYD sold 434,579 electric cars.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/15/byd-just-hit-new-weekly-ev-sales-record-2024-china/#:~:text=BYD%20sold%20300%2C114%20EVs%20globally,50%25%20WOW%20to%20around%208%2C000 https://electrek.co/2024/05/15/byd-just-hit-new-weekly-ev-sa....
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoIt's a seasonal drop, here's a story from early 2023 talking about the same phenomenon. "Seasonal drop in Chinese auto sales in Jan won’t drag growth on recovery in 2023” https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285181.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285181.shtml Does the BBC writer know this and intentionally misrepresent it? Hard to say.
- thebruce87m 2y agoI suspect they know they are lying, but anti-EV articles get clicks. Look at this article from the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/1f18cf1f-8b28-446a-81d2-86555f52a6e8 https://www.ft.com/content/1f18cf1f-8b28-446a-81d2-86555f52a... Headline is: > Tesla and BYD sales fall as concerns mount over electric shift From the body: > …from BYD as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, after the Chinese company posted a 42 per cent fall in quarterly EV shipments to 300,114. But they are talking about a drop from a record Q4 (normally the highest quarter) to a record Q1 (normally the lowest). Not apples to apples. Q1 this year is better than last year - sales are up. The graph even shows it. Image of graph: https://ibb.co/qdDwP3V https://ibb.co/qdDwP3V Just straight up lies.