The Tesla haters were out in full force this morning with news that Chinese automaker BYD had toppled Tesla to become the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles. There’s just one problem — it isn’t true. Publications from Financial Times to The Independent, and Axios crowed that BYD sold 641,000 vehicles during the first half of 2022. That’s quite a few thousand more than Tesla’s 564,000. But they failed to include some crucial analysis that is easily understood if you take five minutes to read BYD’s financials. The 641,000 vehicles included not only pure-electric but also plug-in hybrid vehicles. By…
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