Chinese carmaker BYD has become the market leader in electric vehicles in Hungary, even before production begins at its plant in Szeged. This will also be the company’s first passenger car manufacturing plant in Europe.
By the end of September, BYD had delivered around 3,480 passenger cars to Hungarian customers, two and a half times as many as in the same period last year. Of these, 1,840 were electric vehicles. With a market share of 3.2%, BYD ranks 11th across all segments of the new passenger car market.
The importer attributes its sales success, supported by an increasingly diverse model range, in part to its so-called Super DM technology, which sets new standards for plug-in hybrid vehicles. By the end of the year, the sales network is set to expand to two dozen locations, including Esztergom, Érd, Jászberény and Szolnok.