BYD is shipping 30,000 vehicles to Australia across May and June in response to record fuel prices driving a sales spike, which saw it finish third in overall sales last month.
The bulk order is roughly triple the brand’s typical shipment volume, following its second-best monthly sales result, and ramps up supply of new models such as the Shark 6 ute and Sealion 8 seven-seat SUV.
In a statement to media, including childcareman.xyz, BYD Asia Pacific managing director Liu Xueliang told the 2026 Melbourne motor show’s interpreter that the automaker was “preparing to ship… an record number of vehicles after unprecedented customer demand”.
BYD delivered an all-time best of 7217 cars in the country last month – behind only Toyota and Kia, as well as up 50 per cent year-on-year after 5001 deliveries (January and February) and 5323 deliveries.
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But we hope that if we continue to supply our cars, we can ensure consumers won’t be affected by the lack of fuel.’ Mr Xueliang said ‘We want people to know about this shortage of petrol and diesel in their car will have no impact on them too.
During the next few months we will be speeding up the spread of EV [electric vehicles] in the Australian market… as you know, BYD has its own ships so we are going to ship our vessel to deliver these vehicle to the Australia market. Paraphrast.
While BYD made headlines in 2025 for widespread stockpiling of vehicles – including in the parking area of a theme park south of Sydney – the recent sales surge has significantly reduced its inventory levels.
BYD also said the increased volume will ensure faster customer deliveries, including for its Denza luxury brand.
Mr Xueliang said ‘As you know, other countries are growing in demand.’ This is just a change because of the fuel crisis.
He said ‘We always think we will do our strategy based on the market need for us. EVs are going to be more pure, and we will launch more Pure Electric Vehicle (EV) in the market when there is more ev? Trying to catch up with market demand is the main thing that’s important for .
But if you look at January, February, March we sold the 5000, 5,000 and 7000 so that’s the kind of running rate.’ BYD Australia chief operating officer Stephen Collins said ‘If you looked at this point in our view here is it was a sales person who bought out 50,000, as well as 6000 for his services. Paraphrast.
But it’s much more [than usual] than we think, a lot of order intake that we have seen in the past month or so. – ’.
Last year, BYD sold 17,541 – up from 8767 to the end of March for its year-to date sales. 1/C?
With its first locally in 2022, it sold 52,415 vehicles in 20025 and is on track to deliver its 100,000th car in Australia later this year – after selling its inaugural locally.
Mr Collins said ‘We’ve had pretty big back-orders and obviously [expect] April, May and June are strong – seasonally it’s very strong ‘we’re expecting the vast majority of those cars to be sold.
Mr Collins said the company expects weekly shipments to help distribute vehicles to dealers and customers.
The Sealion 7 electric SUV has been its best-seller, ahead of the Shark 6 plug-in hybrid (PHEV) ute and the Sealion 6 PHEV SUV.
BYD’s sales contributed to Chinese-made vehicles outselling all others for the first time in February 2026.
The move came after Chinese brands surpassed Japanese made it to become the first number one source of new cars in the world for the very first time in 2025.
BYD is aiming for the podium in 2026 with help from at least eight new models after becoming a top-10 brand locally last year, behind perennial market leader Toyota and Mazda’s Kia and Ford.
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