BYD's hybrid SEAL U DM-i and electric SEALION 7 proved popular among U.K. consumers and dominated sales, the company said.

Sales of fully electric or hybrid vehicles made up more than half of all new car registrations in the UK last month.

BYD's hybrid SEAL U DM-i and electric SEALION 7 proved popular among U.K. consumers and dominated sales, the company said.

The Shenzhen-based electric car maker says the UK is now its biggest market outside China.