BYD Cars Philippines sold 28,399 units through August 2026, nearly doubling year-on-year sales and surpassing its full-year 2025 total, driven by strong DM-i and BEV demand nationwide.
BYD Cars Philippines Surpasses 2025 Sales Total Four Months Early
Strong DM-i and BEV demand pushes BYD’s January-to-August sales to 28,399 units, while its expanding 81-dealer network supports continued growth nationwide.
BYD Cars Philippines closed August 2026 with 4,682 units sold, bringing its January-to-August total to 28,399 units for the year. The eight-month performance represents a 99% year-on-year increase and has already carried the brand past its full-year 2025 total of 26,122 units—a milestone achieved four months ahead of schedule.
The August results continue the brand’s strong momentum this year. This included a record-setting April 2026, when BYD Cars Philippines posted its highest-ever monthly sales figure of 5,730 units, up 258% year-on-year from April 2025. Together, these results point to sustained and broadening demand for the brand’s New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) across the country.
DM-i Leads BYD’s Growth
Much of this growth has been powered by BYD’s plug-in hybrid technology. From January to August 2026, the brand sold 22,555 DM-i vehicles, a 95% year-on-year increase from 11,542 units in the same period last year.
The BYD Sealion 6 DM-i leads this segment and also stands as the brand’s best-selling model overall, with 7,759 units sold, accounting for 27% of total company sales.
The BYD eMAX 9 DM-i has also contributed strongly to this category, with 2,512 units sold year-to-date as of August.
BEV Sales More Than Double
BYD’s fully electric lineup has also seen triple-digit growth. Battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales reached 5,844 units from January to August 2026, up 115% from 2,720 units during the same period in 2025.
The BYD eMAX 7 led this segment as the top-selling BEV, with 1,975 units sold, representing 34% of the brand’s total BEV sales for the period.
BYD Climbs the Philippine Sales Rankings
Based on the year-to-date sales figures, BYD is now technically sitting at No. 3 among the Philippines’ automotive brands by sales, placing it behind Toyota and Mitsubishi. This marks a significant position for a relatively young player in the Philippine market and highlights just how quickly demand for electrified vehicles has grown.
“The market’s response to our best-selling models, like the BYD Sealion 6 DM-i, the eMAX 9 DM-i and the eMAX 7 BEV, and our achievement of crossing our full-year 2025 sales is proof that electric vehicles have entered the mainstream in the Philippines,” said Bob Palanca, Managing Director of BYD Cars Philippines.
“Filipino consumers are choosing BYD because our vehicles deliver what matters most: innovation, practicality, reliability, and lower ownership costs without compromise. As electric mobility continues to accelerate across the country, BYD is proud to lead the shift, and we remain committed to bring more world-class electric and plug-in hybrid technologies to Filipino drivers.”
Growth Extends Beyond the Philippines
This performance aligns with BYD’s broader global success, with the brand recording 440,293 worldwide NEV sales in August 2026.
The growth trajectory has also gone hand in hand with the continued expansion of BYD’s dealership network, which now stands at 81 dealerships nationwide, bringing sales and after-sales support closer to customers in more cities and provinces across the Philippines.
