BYD has marked production of its 15-millionth new energy vehicle at the Jinan factory in China. The milestone car was also the 15,000th DENZA N8L, a large six-seat premium SUV using the group's Super Hybrid powertrain and e3 platform technology.
The term new energy vehicle matters when reading the total. BYD uses it for both battery electric cars and plug-in hybrids, so the milestone combines those two types of electrified vehicle. It is also a cumulative production figure. The company reports its overseas sales separately in the announcement.
BYD traces the start of this sequence to the F3DM plug-in hybrid in 2008. Reaching the first million took 13 years, while the increase from 10 million to 15 million took a further 13 months. The preceding 14-millionth vehicle left the line on 9 October 2025, illustrating the pace of the production figures quoted in the release.
For the first eleven months of 2025, BYD reports production of 4.182 million vehicles, up 11.3 percent year on year. Overseas sales reached 917,000 in the same period, exceeding its full-year 2024 overseas result. The company says its vehicles are available in more than 110 countries and regions.
The European section of the release records a presence in 33 countries and more than 1,000 sales outlets, with a plan to double that outlet count by the end of 2026. It also points towards DENZA's European introduction and Flash Charging arriving in the region in 2026. For members following the brand's expansion, these production, sales and retail-network figures describe different parts of the business and provide a dated baseline for tracking later announcements.
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Adapted by the BYDbase editorial team from the official BYD press release published 18 December 2025. Published on BYDbase by PTiCA. Photographs © BYD.
This article is filed under the original press-release date. Editorial adaptation and source check completed on 6 November 2026.
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