In full-year 2025, BYD global car production increased 5% while worldwide electric car sales grew 25% to the world´s largest BEV brand by far.
2025 (January to December): BYD increased global passenger vehicle production by 4.6% to a record 4.8 million cars, including 2.2 million battery-electric vehicles. Worldwide sales of all-electric cars increased by 27% to 2,256,714 passenger cars to make BYD the world’s largest electric car brand in 2025. It comfortably outsold Tesla, which had a very weak year.
BYD Worldwide Production and Sales in 2025 (Full Year)
BYD reported global vehicle production and worldwide car sales in the full year 2025 as follows:
| BYD | Production 2025 | Production 2024 | P% | Sales 2025 | Sales 2024 | % |
| New energy vehicle | 4,537,356 | 4,304,073 | 5.42% | 4,602,436 | 4,272,145 | 7.73% |
| Passenger vehicle | 4,479,392 | 4,281,084 | 4.63% | 4,545,423 | 4,250,370 | 6.94% |
| — Battery electric vehicle | 2,221,913 | 1,777,965 | 24.97% | 2,256,714 | 1,764,992 | 27.86% |
| — Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle | 2,257,479 | 2,503,119 | -9.81% | 2,288,709 | 2,485,378 | -7.91% |
| Commercial vehicle | 57,964 | 22,989 | 152.14% | 57,013 | 21,775 | 161.83% |
| Bus | 4,923 | 5,580 | -11.77% | 4,923 | 5,580 | -11.77% |
| Others | 53,041 | 17,409 | 204.68% | 52,090 | 16,195 | 221.64% |
| Total | 4,537,356 | 4,304,073 | 5.42% | 4,602,436 | 4,272,145 | 7.73% |
Data supplied by BYD.
BYD — Largest Electric Car Brand in the World in 2025
In 2025, BYD became the world´s clear leader in all-electric cars — both in terms of global battery-electric vehicle production and worldwide electric car sales.
While Tesla was still leading in sales in 2024, the very weak performance of Tesla in 2025 left the American competitor far behind in both global electric car production and sales. Analysts are not expecting Tesla to reach more than 2 million vehicles before 2027.
Global Worldwide Car Sales by Brand in 2025 (Full Year)
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Global worldwide sales by brand in 2025:
*NOTE: Car sales as reported by the respective car brands. “Sales” often refers to deliveries rather than sales and final registrations by the end consumer. Definitions may vary.
About BYD
BYD is a multinational high-tech company devoted to leveraging technological innovations for a better life. Founded in 1994 as a rechargeable battery maker, BYD now boasts a diverse business scope covering automobiles, rail transit, new energy, and electronics, with over 30 industrial parks in China, the United States, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Hungary, and India. From power acquisition and storage to its applications, BYD is dedicated to providing zero-emission energy solutions that reduce global reliance on fossil fuels. Its new energy vehicle footprint now covers 6 continents, over 100 countries and regions, and more than 400 cities. Listed in both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, the company is known to be a Fortune Global 500 enterprise that furnishes innovations in pursuit of a greener world.
