AutomobilesRenewed purchase subsidies offers boon to BYD, while Nissan looks to other marketsBYD's overseas first-half passenger vehicle sales jumped 70% from a year earlier. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)KOSUKE TOSHI and SHIZUKA TANABEJuly 2, 2026 16:54 JSTBERLIN/GUANGZHOU -- Chinese automakers surpassed the sales of Japanese brands in Europe's passenger car market for the first time in May, driven partly by BYD's strong overseas performance in the first half of 2026.