BYD delivered 40,853 vehicles in August, leaping 39% on an annual basis. Strikingly, BYD's NEV sales surged 85% from a year ago to 20,845 units in August, further enhancing BYD's leading position in NEV field. Specifically, sales of pure electric vehicle reached 9,795 units in August, soaring 153% year on year and jumping 20% month on month.
The good sales results were mainly driven by the launch of all-new BYD Tang, the all-new BYD Song family models and EV models with longer ranges. As to specific sales of different models, the first model of BYD's e platform, the EV 360, maintained solid growth momentum for three months, with cumulative sales of over 30,000 units and August sales of 4,487 units. Sales of the BYD e5 450 reached 4,003 units in August with a YoY surge of 82%. With cumulative sales reaching 23,681 units, the BYD e5 450 continue to lead the pack in pure electric vehicle market.
Sales of the Qin EV 450 shot up 207% from a year ago in August, and its YTD sales reached 5,394 units. Moreover, sales of Song family topped 400,000 units. Particularly, sales of the Song Max totaled 10,459 units in August. Sales of the all-new Tang reached 10,048 units in August, among which, sales of the all-new Tang DM reached 5,043 units.
