The Song family continued to rank among the top-selling BYD model lineup with a record 89,135 units sold in September.
BYD today announced new energy vehicle (NEV) sales for September, followed by a breakdown showing the performance of different sub-brands and models.
The Song family continued to rank as the top-selling BYD model with record sales of 89,135 vehicles in September, surpassing the previous record of 84,039 vehicles in December last year.
This represents a 41.84 percent increase year-on-year and a 16.07 percent increase from August.
The Song family models on sale include the Song L EV, Song L DM-i and Song Pro DM-i of the Dynasty series, and the Song Plus EV and Song Plus DM-i of the Ocean series.
BYD's Dynasty series of Song models sold 46,125 units in September, up 103.42 percent year-on-year and up 103.42 percent from 36,306 units in August.
It sold 43,010 units of Ocean series of Song models in September, up 7.08 percent year-on-year and up 6.23 percent from 40,487 units in August.
The Qin family of models sold 75,785 units in September, the second-highest selling BYD lineup, which was up 68.14 percent year-on-year and up 7.56 percent from August.
The BYD Seal sold 58,285 units in September, the third highest selling BYD model, which was up 304 percent year-on-year and up 6.29 percent from August.
The Seal family of models includes the Seal EV, Seal DM-i, Seal 06 DM-i, and Seal 07 DM-i.
BYD launched its DM 5.0 technology on May 28 and released the Seal 06 DM-i and Qin L DM-i, which are the first two models equipped with the technology and have a combined range of more than 2,000 kilometers.
On August 8, BYD launched the 2025 Seal EV and the new Seal 07 DM-i.
The BYD Yuan family sold 45,618 units in September, up 38.84 percent year-on-year and up 8.15 percent from August.
The BYD Seagull sold 43,425 units in September, up 8.31 percent year-on-year and up 6.05 percent from August.
The Seagull was launched on April 26, 2023, and is the cheapest BYD model. BYD launched the 2025 BYD Gull on August 1 with unchanged starting price and core specs.
The BYD Han family sold 24,525 units in September, up 7.59 percent year-on-year and up 44.02 percent from August.
The company rolled out the 2,025 Han sedan on September 9, with the hybrid Han DM-i upgraded to the DM 5.0 system and the all-electric Han EV upgraded to the 800 V high-voltage architecture.
The BYD Dolphin sold 20,346 units in September, down 38.21 percent year-on-year but up 34.17 percent from August.
The BYD Chaser 05 sold 16,750 units in September, up 110.69 percent year-on-year and up 9.24 percent from August.
BYD Tang sold 12,552 units in September, up 20.59 percent year-on-year and up 4 percent from August.
The BYD Sealion sold 11,663 units in September, up 66.07 percent from 7,023 in August.
The company launched the Sealion 07 on May 10, the first model of BYD's new technology platform e-Platform 3.0 Evo.
The hybrid Sealion 05 DM-i was launched on September 23, the second model in the Sealion array.
The BYD Frigate 07 sold 447 units in September, down 89.05 percent year-on-year but up 9.29 percent from August.
The BYD e2 sold 173 units in September, down 13.07 percent year-on-year and down 75 percent from August.
BYD's NEVs include passenger NEVs and commercial NEVs, with the former including different brands including BYD, Denza, Yangwang and Fang Cheng Bao.
BYD Group sold 417,603 passenger NEVs and 1,823 commercial NEVs in September.
The BYD brand of passenger cars, which includes the Dynasty and Ocean series, sold 398,704 units in September, up 45.7 percent year-on-year and up 12.97 percent from August.
BYD's premium Denza brand delivered 10,299 units in October, down 21.72 percent year-on-year but up 3.1 percent from August.
BYD's personalized sub-brand Fang Cheng Bao delivered 5,422 vehicles in September, up 11.2 percent from 4,876 in August.
Fang Cheng Bao's first model, the Bao 5, was officially launched on November 9, 2023, and deliveries began on November 23 last year.
On July 29, Fang Cheng Bao cut the prices of all four variants of the Bao 5 by RMB 50,000 ($7,120).
Yangwang delivered 310 vehicles in September, including 294 U8 off-road SUVs and 16 U9 electric supercars.
BYD's ultra-luxury sub-brand launched its first model, the U8, on September 20, 2023, with deliveries beginning on November 24.
The Yangwang U9 went on sale on February 25, with deliveries beginning in late August.
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