Persevering with with JPJ registration knowledge from the month of August, we have now the highest 20 electrical car manufacturers, which sees BYD persevering with to steer the section. This time, nevertheless, the Chinese language EV specialist has widened its lead over second-placed Proton, making final month its second-best by way of gross sales after Could.
A complete of 1,119 BYDs discovered houses in August, 353 models greater than Proton and its sole EV, the not 7 (766 models). The whole lot of that hole could be defined by the brand new Act 2which recorded 403 registrations in its first full month of gross sales.
This robust efficiency has pushed BYD’s year-to-date gross sales determine to 7,389 models – which means that it’s effectively on its technique to hitting 10,000 gross sales in 2025 – whereas Proton’s YTD stands at simply 5,455 models (-1,934 models). Finishing the rostrum locations is a resurgent Tesla with 509 models registered, consolidating its maintain on third with 3,162 models offered YTD.
Making a shocking look in fourth is Mercedes-Benz. Having languished mid-table with double-digit gross sales all yr, Stuttgart recorded its single greatest month with 261 EVs registered, probably because of its ongoing MyMercedesRewards marketing campaign. This has almost doubled its YTD EV gross sales to 527 models, vaulting it up 5 locations to eighth within the standings.
Forward of it within the general desk are BMW and Xpeng, which had been on degree pegging in fifth final month with 96 registrations apiece, persevering with a surprisingly shut YTD battle for fourth (BMW at 1,117 models, Xpeng at 842 models). In the meantime, Zeekr noticed an uptick in registrations to 88 models (crucially, earlier than gross sales of the brand new 7x begin in earnest), as did Leapmotor with 72 models – the latter persevering with its robust kind since slashing costs of the C10 in June.
Behind them, Dence slipped to ninth with 69 models offered, narrowing its YTD hole to Zeekr (787 models versus 679) within the battle for sixth. Rounding up the highest ten is Porsche with 59 models registered (467 models YTD), with the same old caveat that these figures embody gray market “recon” registrations as effectively.
No actual surprises additional down, though Honda continues to climb up the ladder since coming into the standings final month in nineteenth, climbing as much as fifteenth with 32 automobiles registered (31 of them being the only officially-imported mannequin, the e: n1).
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