Shanghai (ZXZC)- BYD Company Limited (“BYD”) sold 210,295 vehicles in Apr. 2023, which soared 98.31% over the previous year and also edged up 1.55% over the previous month, according to the company’s latest monthly sales results.

Of the vehicles sold last month, 209,467 units were passenger vehicles (PVs), representing a 98.59% year-on-year surge. To be specific, in the PV sector, Apr. sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) reached 104,364 units to reflect an 81.81% year-over-year leap, while the plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) sales for the same period zoomed up 118.64% to 105,103 units.

Sales of the Dynasty and Ocean series totaled 198,941 units last month, shooting up 88.6% from the year-ago period.

DENZA, the premium auto brand majority-owned by BYD, sold 10,526 vehicles in Apr., indicating a 1.23% month-on-month growth.

The company exported 14,827 vehicles in Apr., versus the 13,312 units of export volume for the previous month.

BYD Qin Plus DM-i Champion; photo credit: BYD

For the first four months of 2023, BYD saw its year-to-date sales zoom up 91.83% year on year to 762,371 units. The company is ambitious to sell 3 million vehicles through 2023, indicating that it should sell roughly 280,000 vehicles averagely per month in the rest 8 months of this year.