BYD’s aggressive year-end sales push worked. China’s leading EV maker sold a record number of vehicles in 2024, but

The EV giant sold 1.76 million electric cars in 2024, per figures released on Wednesday, putting it within touching distance of beating Tesla.

Chinese car maker BYD saw sales jump at the end of last year, leaving it closer to claiming the title of the world's best-selling electric vehicle (EV) maker of 2024. The company says it sold 207,734 EVs in December,

China’s BYD Co. enjoyed a year-end surge to push total sales to 4.25 million passenger cars last year, narrowing its gap with Tesla Inc. as the two vie for the crown of top-selling electric-vehicle maker of 2024.

China's BYD, however, looks set to close the gap after reporting 1.76 million EV sales in 2024. The Shenzhen-based firm's total vehicle sales jumped more than 41% in 2024, year-on-year, to more than 4.2 million. The surge was powered mainly by sales of its hybrid cars.

Tesla's electric vehicle sales in the world's largest auto market increased in December by 12.8% from a month earlier to a record high of 83,000 units, according to Tesla China. The U.S. automaker's EV sales in China also logged their best year in 2024 with a 8.

BYD is closing in on Tesla after a record December closed off a good 2024 for the Chinese EV giant. The company sold 4.25 million new energy passenger vehicles last year, according to data released on Wednesday.