Tesla is no longer the champion of green vehicles

The electric vehicle brand Tesla has just been surpassed in global green vehicle sales since the beginning of 2022. The new champion of vehicles that do not emit pollutants into the atmosphere is the Chinese brand BYD.

While in North America Tesla is by far the company that sells the most electric vehicle, BYD is the world’s biggest seller. In the first six months of the year, the Chinese brand in which American billionaireWarren Buffett has invested sold 641,350 “new energy vehicles”, compared to 564,743 electric vehicles for the brand owned by the richest man on the planet Elon Musk.

By new-energy, and therefore non-polluting,vehicles, BYD adds up its sales ofelectric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.

In June alone, BYD sold134,000 vehicles, according to figures released by the Chinese manufacturer, an increase of 314% over thesame period a year earlier.

BYD’s electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are considered “zero emission” cars by Chinese industry standards.

To Tesla‘s credit, the American brand has had to endure alengthy shutdown of a key production facility in Shanghaisince early 2022 due toCOVID-19.