BYD reported record new energy vehicle (NEV) sales of 287,454 units in September, and later released a breakdown showing the performance of different models.

The Song family continued to rank as the top-selling BYD model with 62,840 units sold in September, up 35.26 percent year-on-year and up 8.46 percent from August. From January to September, Song family models sold 431,051 units, up 48.36 percent year-on-year.

The BYD brand's models include the Dynasty and Ocean series, and the Song family models include the Song Pro DM-i and Song Max DM-i of the Dynasty series, and the Song Plus EV and Song Plus DM-i of the Ocean series.

BYD's Dynasty series of Song models sold 22,675 units in September, up 7.98 percent from 21,000 in August.

Its Ocean series of Song models sold 40,165 units in September, up 8.73 percent from 36,940 in August.

BYD's Qin family of models sold 45,072 units in September, up 14.06 percent year-on-year and up 0.15 percent from August.

The Qin family continued to be the second best-selling BYD model in September. The Qin family models had previously been BYD's top sellers from March through June, but were replaced again by the Song family in July.

From January through September, BYD sold 350,544 units of the Qin family models, up 34.89 percent year-on-year.

The Seagull continued to be BYD's third highest selling model in September with 40,092 units sold, up 15.07 percent from August.

The BYD Seagull was launched on April 26 at a starting price of RMB 73,800, making it the cheapest BYD model. The model sold 141,739 units from April to September.