Tesla Loses Electric Vehicle Crown To BYD From China

From batteries to EV leader: How BYD overtook Tesla

Early this year BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s top EV seller. It’s not totally new news. BYD has outsold Tesla on hybrids for some time now. But 2026 marks the year they took the crown in pure EV sales selling, 2.2 million vehicles to Tesla’s 1.6 million.   For a brand that started life as a Shenzhen battery supplier this is no small feat. BYD’s rise is not one built on hype or design theatrics either. It’s a story of control. Control over su…

Is China a Climate Hero? It’s complicated

Though China was once viewed as a climate villain, the country now dominates the global supply chains of solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles. Just this month, Chinese manufacturer BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest maker of EVs. It’s the latest example of how China’s focus on clean technology is setting the pace for the rest of the world as the Trump administration hits the brakes. This reversal may seem relatively new, but it …

Tesla Loses Electric Vehicle Crown To BYD From China

As Tesla loses global market share, Musk has been trying to diversify Tesla away from its EV roots and rebrand it as more of an AI, robotics and robotaxi company On Tesla’s earnings call last month, Musk announced he would end production of the Model S and Model X and use the freed-up factory space to produce Optimus humanoid robots. He said he hopes to produce 1 million robots a year at the production plant in Fremont. “It’s time to basically b…