Chinese car manufacturer BYD surpasses Tesla in the number of electric cars sold in the first half of 2022

Chinese car manufacturer BYD (Build Your Dream) has summarized the results of the first half of 2022.

What we know

So, according to the report, in the first half of 2022 the company sold 641,000 electric cars in China and abroad. That's a 300% increase over the same period in 2021. By comparison, the largest electric car manufacturer Tesla has 564,000, but it should be taken into account that BYD's statistics include not only cars under the main brand, but also small subsidiaries. 

Another important achievement of BYD is that the company overtook LG and became the second largest manufacturer of batteries for electric cars in the world. As for the first place, it is still held by the Chinese company CATL. By the way, two weeks ago, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL) released a battery with a range of 1,000 km.

Source: Gizmochina