China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s top EV sell

# China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s top EV seller for the first time. * BYD, a company Elon Musk once dismissed by laughing at their products during a 2011 Bloomberg interview, has overtaken Tesla to be the world’s top EV seller. Chinese auto giant BYD on Friday dethroned U.S. rival Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles on a calendar-year basis. The milestone caps an extraordinary rise for BYD, a company Tesla CEO Elon Musk once dismissed by laughing at their products during a 2011 Bloomberg interview. Meanwhile, Tesla said Friday it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, in line with a company-compiled estimate of 1.6 million vehicle deliveries. Deliveries for Q4 2025 were about 16% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024, when Musk’s EV company reported 495,570 deliveries. Deliveries are the closest approximation of sales reported by Tesla, but are not precisely defined in the company’s shareholder communications. Tesla stock closes at record as investors rally around Musk’s robotaxi hype despite slow EV sales.

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1. BYD surpasses Tesla in global pure-electric vehicle sales … – Reddit

Tesla lost its title to BYD as the largest pure EV seller in 2025. The sales were 2.26 million for BYD versus 1.64 million for Tesla. BYD also

2. Tesla feels pressure from BYD in EV sales race

BYD said its sales of battery‑powered cars surged almost 28% in 2025 to more than 2.25 million, firmly outpacing Tesla’s projected 1.6–1.65

3. China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s top EV seller

China’s BYD has overtaken Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs), marking the first time it has outpaced its American rival in annual sales. Tesla car sales dropped by nearly 9% in 2025 to 1.64 million vehicles sold worldwide, the carmaker said on Friday – its second consecutive year of falling car deliveries. Those figures placed Tesla behind BYD, which said on Thursday that sales of its battery-powered cars rose last year by almost 28% to more than 2.25 million. Chinese firms such as Geely, MG, and BYD – now the country’s largest electric car company – have put pressure on Western rivals by pricing their vehicles below established brands. Dan Ives from Wedbush Securities says Tesla will own about 70% of the self-driving market over the next decade “as no other company in the world can match the scale and scope” of the firm. And despite BYD surpassing Tesla when it comes to car sales, the US firm has remained more profitable in recent quarters.