During the first quarter of 2024, Tesla once again sold the highest number of all-electric cars—noticeably more than BYD, which for the very first time won this all-electric category in Q4 2024. As with every quarter, in this post, we will look at the global sales results for battery-electric cars by three automotive groups—Tesla, BYD, and Volkswagen Group.
The two Chinese groups were already ahead of Volkswagen Group after February's all-electric car registrations. All-electric car sales in Q1'2024 : Tesla: 386,810 BYD: 300,114 or 77.6% of Tesla's resultDifference to Tesla: 86,696 Volkswagen Group: 136,136 or 35.2% of Tesla's resultDifference to Tesla: 250,674 Tesla vs. BYD vs. Volkswagen Group BEV Car Sales - Q1 2024 For reference, in 2023, Tesla sold more than 1.80 million all-electric cars, while BYD exceeded 1.57 million.