China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s top EV seller for the first time
2026-01-02 17:14:37 source：CNBC
January 2, 2026
Chinese auto giant BYD on Friday is expected to dethrone U.S. rival Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles on a calendar-year basis.
The milestone would cap an extraordinary rise for BYD, a company Tesla’s Elon Musk once dismissed by laughing at their products during a 2011 Bloomberg interview.
The two carmakers are poised to publish their final annual sales figures for 2025, although based on available sales data, it appears all but certain that BYD will officially surpass Tesla.
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