China exported 3.083 million automobiles within the first half of 2025, up 10.4% year-on-year. Just lately, the China Car Sellers Affiliation (CADA) revealed that the BYD Music Plus was essentially the most exported car within the first half of 2025. Among the many high 20 most exported fashions, gasoline-powered automobiles nonetheless dominate, whereas solely 9 new vitality automobiles (NEVs) made the listing.
Specifically, 1.06 million NEVs have been exported, together with 670,000 BEVs and 390,000 PHEVs, a year-on-year enhance of 40.2% and 210%, respectively. 1.011 million items have been additionally passenger automobiles, a year-on-year enhance of 71.3%.
Rating | Mannequin | Export Quantity | Y-o-Y Change |
1 | BYD Music Plus | 134,105 | 184.0% |
2 | MG ZS | 91,706 | 45.4% |
3 | Chery Tiggo 5X | 69,838 | -4.6% |
4 | Chery Tiggo 7 | 63,965 | -43.3% |
5 | BYD Seagull | 61,314 | 77.1% |
6 | Tesla Mannequin 3 | 58,521 | -41.0% |
7 | Geely Binyue (Coolray) | 53,199 | -6.0% |
8 | Chery Discovery 06 C-DM | 51,372 | 342,380.0% |
9 | MG3 | 49,999 | 1.3% |
10 | BYD Sealion 07 EV | 49,706 | — |
11 | Haval Jolion | 44,337 | -26.6% |
12 | Tesla Mannequin Y | 42,543 | -13.5% |
13 | Chery Omoda | 41,674 | -36.2% |
14 | BYD Yuan Plus (Atto 3) | 39,422 | 65.2% |
15 | Chery Tiggo 8 | 37,204 | -23.1% |
16 | JAC X8 Plus | 36,809 | 11.9% |
17 | Baojun 310 | 36,359 | 12.0% |
18 | BYD Music Professional | 36,139 | 65.3% |
19 | Changan CS55 Plus | 35,794 | -22.5% |
20 | Jetour Traveller | 35,204 | 32.4% |


BYD Music Plus topped the listing with 134,105 automobiles exported, a year-on-year surge of 184.0% or a rise of 86,882 automobiles in contrast with the identical interval final yr. Its rating additionally jumped from eleventh final yr to 1st this yr.


MG ZS got here in second with 91,706 automobiles exported, up 45.4% year-on-year or a rise of 28,627 items, a soar from fifth place final yr.

On the identical time, the BYD Sealion 07 EV made it on the highest 20 listing for the primary time, rating tenth with 49,706 items exported, additionally overtook the Tesla Mannequin Y, which exported 42,543 items.


Most notably, the Chery Discovery 06 C-DM’s export quantity surged 342,380.0% from solely 15 items identical interval final yr to 51,372 items, additionally up from 271st place final yr to eighth.
Moreover, among the many high ten car exporters within the first half of this yr, Chery ranked first with 548,000 automobiles exported, a year-on-year enhance of three.1%; adopted by BYD’s 472,000 automobiles, which had the very best export development fee of up 130% year-on-year. Different automakers similar to SAIC (438,000 automobiles), Changan (299,000 automobiles), and Geely (236,000 automobiles) all exported greater than 200,000 automobiles, based on the China Affiliation of Car Producers (CAAM).
Supply: CADA, Yiche, CAAM, MG, BYD, Chery