BYD will flood the market with 30,000 cars in next few months as high fuel prices drive demand of 2026 Sealion 7, Shark 6 and Sealion 6

BYD will flood Australia with 30,000 cars in next few months as high fuel prices drive demand of 2026 Sealion 7, Shark 6 and Sealion 6

A tsunami of electric cars is headed our way.

General Manager BYD Asia Pacific Mr Liu Xueliang said 30,000 BYD and Denza vehicles are on the way to our shores in May and June to feed rampaging sales.

That’s more than half the vehicles BYD sold in 2025 and almost double what they have sold in the first three months of this year.

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The Chinese brand is looking to capitalise on the ongoing fuel crisis caused by the Iran war, which is driving Aussies in increasing numbers to buy an EV or plug-in hybrid — two vehicles types BYD has in big numbers.

Liu said it was important that the company meets the growing demand and is able to get customers as soon as they place an order.

If BYD manages to move those vehicles in the next few months it would have beat its sales for 2025, and it would be the second biggest selling brand in Australia and nipping at the heels of the previously-thought-untouchable Toyota.

Mr Liu also said the company is aware fuel rationing might be happening in the future. It would be prioritising getting vehicles to essential workers such as doctors, firefighters and others in the coming months.

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BYD now has the model range to host those kind of sales figures with the brand launching seven new models in the past six months.

These include the BYD Atto 1 and Atto 2 small electric cars alongside the plug-in hybrid Sealion 5 compact SUV, Sealion 8 seven-seat SUV, Seal 6 mid-size sedan and wagon and Denza B5 and B8 4WDs.

Early signs of Aussies clambering for BYD and Denzas in 2026 was evident in the March sales figures.

The Chinese automaker sold 7217 vehicles in the past month as Australians scrambled to get their hands on plug-in hybrids and electric cars as fuel prices soared.

That is a mammoth one month total which beat Ford (7149), Mazda (7156) and Hyundai (6979). Only Toyota (16,574) and Kia (7320) did better than BYD.

BYD sales increased by 50 per cent compared to March last year and are up 100 per cent for the year.

For the full year, BYD's sales were already up 156 per cent by the end of 2025.