Enthusiastic drivers won’t like the BYD Seal 6, but those looking for a practical EV for not so much outlay could well be attracted to it.

The UK is a small EV market in absolute global volume terms, with a few hundred thousand battery electric registrations a year against China’s millions. Even BYD’s sixfold surge in sales here last year and its rise to become the UK’s sixth biggest carmaker in December cannot explain why it delivered 620,000 more EVs globally than Tesla last year.

BYD has already proven it can scale. In 2026, the real test is whether it can turn that scale into durable profits.

Chinese electric car maker BYD surpassed Tesla in annual deliveries in 2025. It delivered 28% more than the previous year. Tesla deliveries dropped.

The rumors began spreading after a video surfaced on social media claiming that BYD’s high-end Yangwang brand was gearing up to launch a flying car called Ufly. According to the post, the flying car would be equipped with BYD’s ultra-fast Megawatt Flash Charging and other advanced technology.

What began as a casual question inside a moving car quickly turned into an awkward moment that captivated the internet. A wife’s direct query to a BYD vehicle’s AI assistant about whether her brought any other women when she was away has gone viral.

Chinese carmakers are no longer niche players in the global auto industry. Over the past decade, they have expanded production, sharpened design

BYD UK closed 2025 with a record 51,422 vehicle registrations, which the brand said made it the UK’s sixth biggest-selling car maker in December and the leading manufacturer across battery electric and plug-in hybrid models.