A few days ago, BYD Automobile announced that its sales of passenger cars in April were 105475 units, an increase of 136.5% year-on-year, of which 48,072 DM models were sold and 57,403 EV models were sold, so far the cumulative sales of BYD new energy models have exceeded 1.9 million units.
Although BYD has launched the Ocean Series, the current sales force is still the Dynasty Series. Specific to the model, the first place in sales is the Song family, the sales volume in April reached 25108 vehicles, the cumulative sales have exceeded 1.15 million, of which the Song DM series increased by 1299.5% year-on-year.
A large part of the reason for such a high sales increase is due to the addition of DM-i models, including Song Pro DM-i and Song PLUS DM-i, which have been favored by many consumers, and once in short supply, it took a long time to pick up the car.
The second place in sales is the Qin family, which sold 23,520 new cars in April, with cumulative sales of more than 600,000 units, of which Qin PLUS EV increased by 401.4% year-on-year. As BYD's main new energy car in the price range of 100,000-200,000 yuan, with a relatively close price and the blessing of BYD technology, the Qin family has a strong competitiveness in this level.
The third place is the Yuan family, with sales of 15,168 units in April, an increase of 659.5% year-on-year, and cumulative sales have exceeded 270,000 units, of which the main sales contribution comes from the yuan PLUS. As the first A-class SUV based on the e-platform 3.0 that was just launched in February, it is already relatively good to achieve such a brilliant sales result.
As the flagship sedan of THE BYD Dynasty series, Han sold 13,421 units in April, with cumulative sales of more than 200,000 units, of which Han EV increased by 77.9% year-on-year. The new Han has been officially launched on April 10, Han DM-p main performance, 100 km acceleration time to achieve 3.7 seconds; Han DM-i main energy saving, full oil and full power NEDC comprehensive cruising range of up to 1300 km; and Han EV's cruising range has also been further increased to 610/715 km.
Another flagship SUV, Tang, sold 10,131 units in April, with cumulative sales of more than 330,000 units, of which Tang EV increased by 263.7% year-on-year. This car has a large space, a wealth of intelligent technology configurations and a choice of DM and DM-i models, so as to meet the needs of consumers for high-end new energy SUVs of their own brands.
In addition to the Dynasty series, BYD's Ocean Series has gradually begun to exert its strength. Among them, the first model, Dolphin, sold 12,040 new vehicles in April, an increase of 14.7% month-on-month, and since its launch in August last year, cumulative sales have exceeded 70,000 units. As a pure electric car that focuses on the market of 100,000-130,000 yuan, with the appearance of Q Meng, it has been selected as a city scooter by many female consumers.
Another Marine series model, the Destroyer 05, sold 2,040 units in April, up 38.2% month-on-month. The price range of this car and the Qin PLUS DM-i have a certain overlap, but it is more inclined to calm and atmospheric, as for how to choose, it depends on which style of appearance you prefer.
In addition to the sales in April, BYD also announced that the cumulative sales of new energy passenger cars from January to April this year reached 390212, an increase of 397.63% year-on-year, with an average monthly sales of nearly 100,000 units.
In the future, as the sales of new energy models account for an increasing proportion of the entire automotive market, IT will undoubtedly be very favorable to BYD, which is mainly engaged in the new energy market, and just in early April, BYD also announced that it would stop the production of fuel vehicles and focus on EV pure electric and DM plug-in hybrid vehicles.
It is reported that BYD will be 2022 sales target to impact 1.5 million vehicles, and this year is also its product year, in addition to the models that have been launched, soon there will be new Tang EV, SEAL and frigate 07 and many other new cars waiting for the market, so its sales target is also very promising. What do you think of BYD's sales in April? Do you think BYD can achieve this year's goals? Feel free to comment below.