Chinese EV giant sees UK sales soar by 880%
Chinese car giant Byd, Britain has become the largest market outside China, said that the sales in September increased by 880% compared to the previous year, he said.
The company said that it sold 11,271 cars in the UK last month and that the Seal U Sports vehicle (SUV), which explained the majority of these sales, sold it with the hybrid version.
The figures from the automobile industry organs motor manufacturers and traders Association (SMMT), electric vehicle sales (homes) in September showed that the record level jumped.
Unlike other major markets such as the UK, the European Union and the USA, it is particularly attractive for companies like BYD because it does not apply tariffs to Chinese homes.
Offering cheaper models than most of the Western competitors, BYD said that its share in the UK market rose to 3.6% in September.
Byd’s British manager Bono Ge, the company will start more new hybrid and electric cars in the coming months, he said. He added that the brand’s future in England opened the 100th retail sales point “very exciting”.
According to the SMMT, the UK home sales reached a record level last month and pure battery electric vehicle sales rose to approximately 73,000.
The sales of Plug-in hybrid cars grew even faster.
Kia Sportage, Ford Puma and Nissan Qashqai were the best -selling cars in September. Chinese models – Jacoo 7 and BYD Seal U – were also in the top 10.
However, according to the SMMT, despite the increase in general home sales in the UK, gasoline and diesel vehicles formed more than half of the new automobile sales last month.
In October last year, the EU announced that it would hit the imports of Chinese houses with taxes up to 45%.
The measure aims to protect European car manufacturers from weakening with what they believe in the EU’s unjust Chinese state subsidies.
Chinese automobile manufacturers, such as BYD, were effectively closed from the United States with high tariffs supported by both President Donald Trump and their predecessor Joe Biden.
