Has BYD overtaken Tesla in Europe?

Published 11 August 2025

BYD’s European electric vehicle (EV) sales in the first half of this year jumped more than five-fold compared to the same period last year according to Rho Motion’s EV & Battery Database. Over the same period, Tesla’s vehicle sales in Europe fell 28%. As a result, BYD is fast approaching Tesla in terms of unit sales. BYD was the …

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