BYD’s aggressive year-end sales push worked. China’s leading EV maker sold a record number of vehicles in 2024, but

BYD, China’s largest EV maker, delivered 207,734 all-electric vehicles in December, up about 9% year over year. Tesla delivered just under 496,000 EVs in the fourth quarter. Tesla sold 1.79 million, down about 1%.

Around 1.7 million, or 40%, of BYD’s 2024 sales were battery electric vehicles. BYD’s U.S. rival Tesla, by comparison, delivered 1.29 million vehicles in the first three quart