{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/byd-widens-lead-over-vw-as-china-s-top-selling-brand/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"BYD widens lead over VW as China's top-selling brand","slug":"byd-widens-lead-over-vw-as-china-s-top-selling-brand","createdLocal":"2023-07-25 14:30:55.346881","publishDate":"2023-07-25 02:24:12-04:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/byd-widens-sales-lead-over-vw-china"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>BYD extended its lead over Volkswagen Group as China’s top-selling automaker, with its wide range of electric vehicles proving hugely popular among local buyers.\nAfter dethroning the German giant for the first time earlier this year, BYD notched up 595,300 sales of plug-in hybrids and full-electric vehicles in the quarter through June, increasing its market share to 11.2 percent, according to data from the China Automotive Technology and Research Center.\nVW sold 544,000 vehicles in total, of which 23,433 were full-electric, or roughly 4 percent.\nTesla sold 157,000 of its EVs and ranks 12th.\nIn purely EV sales, Tesla is second in China after BYD.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"byd-widens-lead-over-vw-as-china-s-top-selling-brand"}}}