After entering 2022, BYD's sales are like driving into the fast lane. In the previous few months, every sales announcement could more or less cause a small shock in the domestic market. In particular, BYD's extremely strong performance in the field of new energy vehicles has made other traditional car companies hopeless. In May, before the May Day holiday was over, BYD "couldn't wait" to release its April sales data.
In April, BYD's sales were 105475 units, an increase of 136.5% compared with the same period last year, DM (hybrid) models sold 48,072 units, EV (pure electric) models sold 57,403 units, BYD's pure electric model sales significantly ahead of hybrid models.
In terms of subdivision models, the sales volume of the BYD Han series was 13,421 units in the month, continuing to lead the market of independent brands of 200,000 yuan + cars; the sales volume of the Tang series was 10,131 units in the month, which also showed a strong market aggressiveness; the sales volume of the Song family was 25,108 units in the month, of which the Song DM series increased by 1299.5% year-on-year; the sales of the Qin series models in the same month were 23,520 units, of which the Qin PLUS EV increased by 401.4% year-on-year; and the sales of the Yuan series models were 15,168 units in the same month Dolphins sold 12,040 vehicles that month.
In the case that other car companies with sales on the same level as BYD have not yet released sales data, we believe that BYD will most likely become the first domestic car company sales in April 2022, that is to say, BYD has great hopes to surpass FAW-Volkswagen and become the first independent brand to win the first monthly sales volume of domestic car companies.
Of course, it is not to say that FAW-Volkswagen is surpassed by BYD, but how bad FAW-Volkswagen is. In fact, in the past April, many joint venture brands, especially the main production bases, because of well-known reasons, had to stop production, waiting for production, the impact is still relatively large, FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen, SAIC-GM and other top joint venture brands, in April have been affected, of course, some of them are because suppliers stop production, waiting to be produced, resulting in insufficient supply of parts, resulting in insufficient output.
We saw that BYD's sales reached a height of 105,000 units in April, and we can also see the performance of related models in the market segment.
Obviously, as BYD's flagship model, BYD Han and Tang models have become two models, which can reach monthly sales of more than 10,000, which is already a good achievement.
BYD Song series, Qin series as a compact SUV, compact car, is BYD should be the most popular two types of models, it is obvious that these two cars in the domestic SUV market, the sales of the car market are very high.
The 100,000-class pure electric model Dolphin can also win monthly sales of 12,000 vehicles! It can be said that BYD's sales from low-end models to high-end models have blossomed in an all-round way, and the comprehensiveness displayed may make many car companies envious.
Of course, now BYD can hand over such beautiful sales data in the mournful April car market, largely thanks to BYD's relatively closed-loop supply chain system. As we all know, BYD has a number of "Fordy" companies, covering the process of R&D and manufacturing of most parts for vehicle manufacturing. We have said before that because of the existence of these "Fordy" companies, basically without BYD, you can complete the manufacture of a car from sketch to vehicle.
It is precisely because of this closed supply chain that BYD's dependence on third-party suppliers is low, so in the environment of April, BYD's production capacity has not been greatly affected, and sales are still very stable. This is something that other car companies cannot learn, and it is also beyond the reach of other car companies.
BYD's sales data in April, in addition to promising to get the position of the first domestic car company sales in the month, in fact, to a large extent also shows a new direction. In March, BYD announced that it would completely stop the production and sales of pure fuel vehicles, that is, to fully focus on the research and development and manufacture of new energy vehicles. In April, BYD still steadily won more than 100,000 vehicle sales figures, which shows that BYD has successfully transformed into a new energy vehicle manufacturer.
The key problem is that BYD's pure electric models sold nearly 10,000 more than hybrid models in April, which shows that even if it is a pure electric model, BYD is also a proper "big player". Under the background of the difficulty of transforming new energy into domestic joint venture brands and independent brands, BYD has successfully transformed new energy vehicle manufacturers, which is also something that other manufacturers cannot learn in a short period of time.
In 2022, the domestic auto market is "turbulent", and many car companies have suffered the impact of some non-market factors, but BYD has shown a strong market aggressiveness in such a context. After the comprehensive suspension of fuel vehicles, it still maintains excellent sales performance, and the continuous cultivation in the field of new energy and the early layout in the supply chain over the years have made BYD have the capital and strength to become the first car company in new energy vehicles.