Ceremony at Jinan manufacturing facility marks newest achievement as firm reviews 4.18m autos produced in first 11 months of 2025
BYD has produced its 15 millionth new power automobile (NEV), marking the newest milestone within the Chinese language producer’s enlargement. The corporate achieved the leap from 10 million to fifteen million NEVs in 13 months, with the 14 millionth automobile produced on 9 October 2025.
Staff celebrated the achievement at BYD’s Jinan manufacturing facility in China, which started mass manufacturing three years in the past. The 15 millionth automobile was the 15,000th N8L, a six-seat SUV from BYD’s DENZA model. The mannequin makes use of the identical Tremendous Hybrid and e3 platform because the Z9GT, which is able to result in DENZA’s introduction to Europe in 2026.
New power autos embody battery electrical autos and electrified fashions that includes Tremendous Hybrid know-how with DM know-how. BYD produced its first NEV, the F3DM plug-in hybrid, in 2008, taking 13 years to fabricate the primary million autos.
Complete manufacturing for the primary 11 months of 2025 reached 4.182 million autos, a year-on-year improve of 11.3%. Abroad gross sales in the identical interval reached 917,000 items, surpassing the entire achieved in 2024. BYD’s international footprint now spans greater than 110 international locations and areas. BYD operates in 33 European international locations throughout 1,000 factors of sale, with plans to double dealership numbers by the top of 2026.
BYD invested RMB43.75bn (€5.3bn) in analysis and improvement within the first three quarters of 2025, up 31% 12 months on 12 months, bringing whole cumulative funding to greater than RMB220bn (€26.65bn). The funding has produced improvements together with battery chemistry, clever driving help, and megawatt Flash Charging, which shall be launched in Europe in 2026.
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