BYD sells over 3 lakh battery-electric cars globally in October

BYD dispatched 305,743 battery-electric passenger vehicles in October 2026, the first time the Chinese carmaker has passed 300,000 fully electric units in a single month.

The electric figure rose 37.4 per cent from a year earlier and 11.9 per cent from September. It was the third straight month of record battery-electric dispatches. Across all powertrains, total global dispatches topped 490,000 vehicles, up about 11 per cent year on year and 5.7 per cent month on month.

By brand, the core BYD line accounted for 423,843 sales. Fangchengbao recorded 43,872 units, Denza 15,152, and Yangwang 258.

Overseas shipments were the main engine of growth. Exports doubled from a year earlier to 170,194 vehicles, about 35 per cent of the month's total. They were, however, 6 per cent lower than in September.

Domestic dispatches inside China fell 10.6 per cent year on year to 319,974 vehicles, though they recovered 13.1 per cent from the previous month.

Plug-in hybrid dispatches moved the other way. They dropped 17.2 per cent from a year earlier, to 177,382 units.

For January to October 2026, BYD's cumulative global new energy vehicle dispatches stood at 3,621,744 units. That is 2.16 per cent lower than the same ten months a year earlier. Battery-electric passenger car sales over the period grew 5.86 per cent to 1,935,700 units. Plug-in hybrid sales fell 11.02 per cent to 1,625,969 units.

Cumulative exports reached 1,513,154 vehicles, a rise of 93.75 per cent. Overseas markets are now carrying a larger share of the company's volume, even as its home market softens.

It is not yet known how much of the export growth came from any particular country.