[thebruce87m]

> BYD also saw a slowdown between January and March.

Did they, though?

> BYD sold 300,114 EVs globally in the first three months of the year, up 13.4% YOY. In April, BYD sold another 134,465 EVs, up 17% over April 2023. Through the first four months of 2024, BYD sold 434,579 electric cars.

https://electrek.co/2024/05/15/byd-just-hit-new-weekly-ev-sa....

[ZeroGravitas]

It's a seasonal drop, here's a story from early 2023 talking about the same phenomenon.

"Seasonal drop in Chinese auto sales in Jan won’t drag growth on recovery in 2023”

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285181.shtml

Does the BBC writer know this and intentionally misrepresent it? Hard to say.

[thebruce87m]

I suspect they know they are lying, but anti-EV articles get clicks. Look at this article from the Financial Times:

https://www.ft.com/content/1f18cf1f-8b28-446a-81d2-86555f52a...

Headline is:

> Tesla and BYD sales fall as concerns mount over electric shift

From the body:

> …from BYD as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, after the Chinese company posted a 42 per cent fall in quarterly EV shipments to 300,114.

But they are talking about a drop from a record Q4 (normally the highest quarter) to a record Q1 (normally the lowest). Not apples to apples. Q1 this year is better than last year - sales are up. The graph even shows it.

Image of graph: https://ibb.co/qdDwP3V

Just straight up lies.