BYD’s Fangchengbao Hits 300,000 Sales Milestone as Tai 7 Drives One-Third
Fangchengbao sold 234,637 vehicles in 2025, up 316.1% YoY, with Tai 7 contributing 86,259 units in less than four months.
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Fangchengbao sold 234,637 vehicles in 2025, up 316.1% YoY, with Tai 7 contributing 86,259 units in less than four months.
The battery boasts an energy density of 350Wh/kg, enabling a vehicle range exceeding 1,000 kilometers.
China’s lithium-ion battery shipments reached 1,888.6 GWh in 2025, up 55.5% YoY, an acceleration of 18.6 percentage points from the previous year, accounting for 82.8% of global shipments.
Firefly’s official launch in April 2025, the brand reached the milestone of delivering 40,000 new vehicles on January 10 this year, taking only about nine months.
China’s NEV market in 2025 saw intense competition, particularly among joint venture automakers like Toyota and Nissan.
Among mainstream passenger cars with a starting price below RMB 300,000, models equipped with Urban NOA accounted for over 68.9% of sales.
In December 2025, China sold more than 1.3 million EVs, while full-year sales reached about 12.9 million units, up 17% year on year.
Early January (Jan 1–11): China Passenger Car retail fell 32% YoY to 328K units; NEV sales dropped 38% to 117K, with penetration at 35.5%.
In 2025, China’s NEV production and sales both exceeded 16 million units, maintaining the world’s top spot for the 11th consecutive year.
This clarification shifts core responsibility to the vehicle manufacturer’s system integration, not cell manufacturing.