Yeah, they’re kind of conflating two things. BYD is way up globally, Tesla is way down in Europe. But that doesn’t mean that BYD is taking over Europe; the European market is increasingly dominated by VW AG and BMW.

It’s also kind of regional; if you’d visited Ireland, say, you’d probably assume Hyundai was either the largest or second-largest, but Europe-wide it’s not that big. There are European markets (notably the UK, which still ends up in many European stats for this) where BYD is a big deal.

EV popularity varies a lot from country to country.

Stockholm is jokingly referred to as Teslatown these days.

In the UK it’s pretty mixed between Tesla, VW, Kia, BYD, and BMW.

France like their Peugeots …

In Italy last year I saw one EV in the whole time I was there … (although it’s supposedly 5% of new car sales)

According to this site, which claims to be tracking European EV registrations, you'd expect to see VW, but BYD isn't in the top 8.

Tesla is so low for this quarter I suspect the data isn't yet there.

https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Brands/Bar/All-time-by-Qu...

Edit: Yes, I think this site isn't ready for Q1 2025. Look back in a few days maybe.