Customers at one of the company's showrooms in Shanghai. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
BYD Co. s vehicle sales rose 22% in July year-on-year, kicking off a crucial second half where it needs to sharply lift shipments to meet its annual deliveries target.
The automaker sold about 420,000 cars in total last month, figures released Saturday showed. It is already falling behind the pace needed to meet its annual sales goal. After selling 1.81 million vehicles in the first half, the company needs to average about 530,000 a month for the rest of the year to reach the lower end of its 5 million to 5.5 million goal.
比亚迪公司7月汽车销量同比增长22%，为关键的下半年拉开序幕。该公司需要大幅提升出货量以实现全年交付目标。
周六公布的数据显示，这家汽车制造商上月共售出约42万辆汽车，目前其销售进度已落后于实现年度目标所需的节奏。上半年销量达181万辆后，该公司需在今年剩余月份保持月均约53万辆的销量，才能达到500万至550万辆年度目标的底线。
