Among new energy passenger vehicles, sold 36,306 pure electric vehicles in September, up 197 percent from 12,212 units in the same month last year.

BYD sold 71,099 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in September, up 258 percent from a year ago and about 16 percent from August.

That includes 70,022 passenger cars, and 1,077 commercial vehicles, the company said in an announcement filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday.

(Graphic by CnEVPost)

Among new energy passenger vehicles, BYD sold 36,306 pure electric vehicles in September, up 197 percent from 12,212 units a year earlier. It sold 33,716 units of plug-in hybrids in September, up 428 percent from 6,391 units a year earlier.

From January to September, BYD's new energy vehicle sales were 337,579 units, up 204 percent from a year ago.

It sold 330,798 new energy passenger vehicles in the first nine months, up 219 percent year-on-year, and 6,781 commercial vehicles, down 4 percent year-on-year.

BYD sold 185,124 all-electric vehicles from January to September, up 136 percent year-on-year. It sold 145,674 plug-in hybrids during the period, up 470 percent year-on-year.

The company sold 9,015 fuel-powered vehicles in September, down 60 percent from 22,302 in the same month last year. From January to September, it sold 115,165 fuel vehicles, down 27 percent from a year earlier.

The company sold 80,114 all vehicles in September, up 90 percent from a year ago. It sold 452,744 all vehicles in January-September, up 68 percent from a year earlier.

The company's total installed capacity of new energy vehicle power batteries and energy storage batteries in September was about 4.204 GWh, and the total cumulative installed capacity for the year was about 23.432 GWh.