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Tesla’s China-made EV sales rose 2.4% in May from April – CPCA
2023.06.05 04:58
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Visitors wearing face masks check a China-made Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the electric vehicle maker’s showroom in Beijing, China January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. automaker Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc delivered 77,695 China-made electric vehicles (EVs) in May, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Monday.
That represented a 2.4% jump from April when Tesla sold 75,842 locally made Models 3 and Y in the world’s largest auto market.
On a yearly basis, sales rose 142% in May from 32,165 vehicles in the same month of 2022 when Shanghai, where its factory is located, was still subject to COVID-19 containment measures, disrupting production.
Chinese rival BYD Co (OTC:) Ltd, with its Dynasty and Ocean series of EVs and petrol-electric hybrid vehicles, logged sales of 239,092 vehicle in May, up 14% from a year earlier, CPCA data showed.
