BYD sold 490,168 new energy vehicles in October 2026, a year-to-date monthly high and a 10.97% increase from a year earlier. Sales were 5.74% above September, marking the company’s sixth straight month of year-on-year growth. The total was its strongest since December 2024 and the fourth highest on record. Across the first 10 months of 2026, BYD sold 3,621,744 NEVs, down 2.16% year on year.
Passenger battery-electric vehicles provided the main lift. BYD delivered 305,743 of them in October, up 37.38% year on year and setting a monthly record for the third consecutive month. BEVs made up 63.28% of passenger vehicle sales, compared with 50.95% a year earlier. Passenger plug-in hybrids went the other way: sales fell 17.23% to 177,382, their second consecutive annual decline.
BYD exported 170,194 NEVs during the month, more than double the year-earlier figure, though 5.81% fewer than in September. Exports for January-October reached 1,513,154, up 93.75%. By contrast, October domestic sales were 319,974 vehicles, down 10.57% year on year; the 10-month domestic total fell 27.81% to 2,108,590.
The company is also refreshing its lineup. It launched a second-generation Seagull on October 20 and a third-generation Qin Plus DM-i on October 27. A second-generation Seal 07, offered with BEV and plug-in hybrid powertrains, is scheduled to launch on November 5.