Chinese Automaker BYD's European Sales Continue to Rise

By Nina Kienle

Chinese automaker BYD again logged higher new-car registrations in Europe last month, as it continues to expand in the continent amid pressure in its home market.

New-car registrations for BYD models, a reflection of sales, increased to 17,470 vehicles from 5,695 vehicles in October 2024, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, an industry body also known as ACEA.

The figure includes data from the European Union as well as the U.K., Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. In the EU alone, BYD registrations rose to 13,350 vehicles from 4,525 vehicles.

While China's largest automaker is continuing its streak of logging higher sales, absolute sales remain far below those of established domestic carmakers like Germany's Volkswagen or Stellantis, the owner of the Jeep and Dodge brands. Both companies respectively sold 308,508 and 157,350 vehicles in Europe last month, according to ACEA.

Meanwhile, registrations for Elon Musk's Tesla fell 48% in the EU last month, according to ACEA data, continuing the streak of disappointing monthly sales for the company this year. Tesla has been dealing with the fallout from Musk's involvement with the Trump administration that came to an end a few months ago.

In the year to date, battery-electric cars reached 16.4% of the EU market share, up from 13.2% in the same period of the prior year. In the first ten months of the year, battery-electric vehicle sales jumped 39% in Germany. Registrations of hybrid-electric cars increased 16%, while plug-in-hybrid models increased by 32%.

ACEA said EU car registrations increased 5.8% in October to 916,609 vehicles, up 7.8% in Germany and up 2.9% in France but down 0.5% in Italy.

Write to Nina Kienle at nina.kienle@wsj.com

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November 25, 2025 00:14 ET (05:14 GMT)