Chinese electric car BYD Qin is seeing record sales that put it ahead of any other electric car on any market, and as it looks, the Qin could beat out Tesla. BYD, which stands for ‘Build Your Dreams’, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, and it’s been leading the shift towards electric vehicles this year.
Since 2014, Chinese electric car sales have become higher than in the US, and BYD Qin specifically is looking to be a threat to American electric car makers, Tesla included. Currently, the BYD Qin model has been the top selling passenger NEV of 2015, and it has sold an astounding 41,045 units as of September. Tesla only sold a little over 33,000 cars at the end of the third quarter of this year.
China’s efforts to propagate electric car use is spreading, with the BYD Qin being introduced to Latin America since last year, and it is only a matter of time before it measures up to American electric cars such as the Tesla and other Japanese competitors. BYD has released a follow up model to the Qin, the BYD Tang, and it is expected to outpace the Qin. The BYD Tang is available for pre-order and it’s expected to release in 2016.
