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26 May 2026·All-time high

BYD Seal hits an all-time high on AI search for electric cars.

BYD Seal's combined SoV reaches 28.7% — its highest reading since the CITE Index began tracking on study inception.

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BYD Seal reached its highest reading in the CITE Index for electric cars: 28.7% combined share of voice across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode.

The previous high was 26.7%. BYD Seal is rank 6 overall today.

Per-engine reading

  • ChatGPT: 24.0% (rank 6)
  • Gemini: 36.0% (rank 5)
  • Google AI Mode: 26.0% (rank 7)

What it means

When a brand sets a new all-time high on the CITE Index, it almost always reflects a fresh citation arriving on one of the three engines — a new ranking piece, a refreshed editorial, or a Reddit thread that the model has started surfacing in its answers. The chart shows the outcome; the source pool shows the cause.

— The CITE Index

The underlying daily edition

This finding draws from the 26 May 2026 edition of Electric Cars.

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