cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30061303
Chinese automaker BYD sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time, according to a report by JATO Dynamics, as an aging model lineup and CEO Elon Musk’s politics hurt demand for the U.S. EV maker’s cars.
BYD, which also makes plug-in hybrid vehicles, registered 7,231 battery-powered electric vehicles (BEV) in Europe in April, while Tesla registered 7,165 units, the market research firm said.
“This is a watershed moment for Europe’s car market, particularly when you consider that Tesla has led the European BEV market for years, while BYD only officially began operations beyond Norway and the Netherlands in late 2022,” JATO Dynamics’ global analyst Felipe Munoz said.
This is a weird article. BYD and Tesla have very small market shares in Europe. As per April 2025, there have been more than 23,500 registered BEVs made by Volkswagen (+61%), more than three times than BYD’s 7,200. BMW, Audi, Skoda, and others show considerably higher numbers of registrations. BYD ranks number 10 in Europe, Tesla is now no 11, but the article is exclusively about these two companies.
Here is the original data by Jato.
With Tesla sales plummeting in Europe, I don’t think that’s as big of a news as the headline tries to make it sound.
I’m still wondering about Tesla sales that high… i would like them to be zero…
I would like BWDs sales to be zero as well.
