(Ti Lancio dalla Cina) Pechino 3 settembre 2024 – Tesla saw a significant increase in China-made vehicles sold last month. Tesla China sold 86,697 vehicles in August, including those sold in China and those exported from China to overseas markets, according to data released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).

In the January-August period, Tesla China sold 587,437 vehicles, down 6.01 percent year-on-year.

Tesla has a factory in Shanghai that produces the Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover, both for deliveries to local customers and as an export hub for it.

Tesla’s pattern is to produce cars for export in the first half of the quarter and for the local market in the second half, it previously said.

Figures for Tesla’s August sales in China and vehicles exported from its Shanghai factory are not yet available.

China’s wholesale sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs), including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), were estimated at 1.05 million units in August, up 32 percent year-on-year and 11 percent from July, according to CPCA.