As BYD and Geely hit sales highs, pressure mounts on China’s smaller carmakers
BYD hands over 490,168 cars last month up 11 percent, while Geely delivers 310,183 vehicles up 1 percent.
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Shenzhen-based EV giant BYD delivered 490,168 cars globally last month, an 11 per cent year-on-year increase, while Hangzhou-headquartered Geely delivered 310,183 vehicles, up 1 per cent, according to company statements.
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Why It Matters
Chinese automakers BYD and Geely compete in a fiercely competitive domestic and global vehicle market.
Shenzhen-based electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD handed over 490,168 cars to customers at home and abroad last month, up 11 per cent year on year, while Hangzhou-headquartered Geely delivered 310,183 petrol and electric cars worldwide in the same period, up 1 per cent from a year earlier, according to company statements.
“Top players, banking on their new models and advantages in cost and technology, showed their resilience in sales,” said Gao Shen, an independent analyst in Shanghai. “Their sales rises have ratcheted up pressure on weak carmakers that are struggling to survive [in a fiercely competitive] domestic market.”
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