{"id":18385,"date":"2026-04-03T09:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/tesla-outraces-chinas-byd-in-pure-electric-car-sales-to-regain-worlds-top-spot\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:26:31","slug":"tesla-outraces-chinas-byd-in-pure-electric-car-sales-to-regain-worlds-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/tesla-outraces-chinas-byd-in-pure-electric-car-sales-to-regain-worlds-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla outraces China\u2019s BYD in pure electric car sales to regain world\u2019s top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.7761194029851\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Tesla<\/span> has regained the global pure electric vehicle (EV) crown for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2024, after its deliveries rose 6.5 per cent year on year in the three months ending March.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.6708860759494\">The modest increase was enough for the US carmaker to beat <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">China&rsquo;s EV king BYD<\/span>, which posted a 25.5 per cent drop in sales during the first quarter of 2026.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tesla&rsquo;s deliveries worldwide between January and March hit 358,023 units, it said in a statement on Thursday. Tesla builds only pure electric cars or battery electric vehicles (BEVs).<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">BYD assembles both BEVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Shenzhen-based carmaker&rsquo;s BEV sales in the first quarter stood at 310,389 units.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;BYD suffered a setback in the domestic market as it is the company&rsquo;s major source of growth,&rdquo; said Gao Shen, an independent analyst in Shanghai. &ldquo;Tesla remains relatively stable, banking on a large base of customers around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">BYD beat Tesla for the first time in pure electric car deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2023. Photo: EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tesla and BYD have been locked in a battle for the title of the world&rsquo;s largest BEV maker since mid-2023. BYD beat Tesla for the first time in pure electric car deliveries in the fourth quarter of that year.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>Tesla outraces China&rsquo;s BYD in pure electric car sales to regain world&rsquo;s top spot<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla has regained the global pure electric vehicle (EV) crown for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2024, after its deliveries rose 6.5 per cent year on year in the three months ending March. The modest increase was enough for the US carmaker to beat China&rsquo;s EV king BYD, which posted a 25.5&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/tesla-outraces-chinas-byd-in-pure-electric-car-sales-to-regain-worlds-top-spot\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Tesla outraces China\u2019s BYD in pure electric car sales to regain world\u2019s top spot&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}