BYD reported its fourth consecutive month of higher global sales in August, with total deliveries rising 17.8% year over year to 440,293 vehicles. Overseas shipments surged 134.5% to 189,466, helping cushion sluggish domestic demand. The Chinese electric vehicle maker is expanding in Europe and Southeast Asia to reduce its reliance on an increasingly saturated home market. That international strategy is supporting profitability: BYD generated more revenue overseas than in China for the first time during the January-to-June period, while vehicle exports helped raise gross profit margins. Brazil, its largest market outside China, is becoming a central part of that growth as BYD prepares to launch its first locally produced plug-in hybrid flex-fuel vehicle there. International sales also helped offset weaker profitability at home. BYD recorded its first quarterly profit increase in more than a year, though second-quarter growth was below expectations amid intense competition in China’s auto market.