JAKARTA In the last three years (2022-2024) the race between BYD and Tesla has been interesting to observe, especially in the sales figures of electric cars.
Cumulatively, BYD appears more powerful if sales combine pure electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), while Tesla remains focused on the premium BEV segment even though its growth has recently started to slow down.
When it comes to the BEV sales alone, Tesla is still narrowly superior in the last three years (2022-2024). However, the latest trend has shown a different direction since it first won the top position from Tesla for the second time in the fourth quarter of 2024, BYD has continued to lead for four consecutive quarters.
BYD Shifts Tesla On Global BEV
Based on a CarNewsChina report, Friday, October 3, which quoted China’s leading automotive blogger data, Tongkuai Shuchang, until the third quarter of 2025 BYD officially took over the top position of world BEV sales. BYD’s cumulative achievement reached 1,605,900 units, surpassing Tesla which posted 1,217,900 units. This means that BYD is now ahead with a difference of about 388 thousand vehicles.
Quartal Domination
BYD’s advantage is getting stronger thanks to its performance in the third quarter of 2025 alone. BYD managed to send 582,500 pure EV units. Despite a slight decline (4.0 percent) compared to the previous quarter, this figure shows strong year-on-year (year-on-year) growth of 31.4 percent.
Meanwhile, Tesla’s delivery in the third quarter of 2025 reached 497,100 units. This achievement did show a significant increase of 29.4 percent on a quarter-on-quarter basis and 7.4 percent year-on-year basis, which surpassed market expectations but still had to recognize BYD’s superiority.
BYD’s 2025 Years
Seeing this trend, many analysts predict 2025 will truly be the year of BYD’s glory. Counterpoint Research research even estimates that the Chinese manufacturer will close the year as global EV market leader with a share of 15.7 percent.
BYD’s dominance is not just a matter of numbers, but also marks a shift in the world’s automotive industry where Asian manufacturers, particularly from China, are increasingly taking over the stage of future vehicles.
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