BEIJING – Tesla Inc, a California-based electric vehicle manufacturer, sold 33,155 Chinese-made automobiles in June, including those for export, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). In June, Tesla, which manufactures Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles in Shanghai, sold 28,138 cars in China and exported 5,017 automobiles.
Tesla sold 33,463 cars built in China in May.
Tesla introduced Model Y automobiles with a standard driving range in China on Thursday, cutting the vehicle’s starting price to 276,000 yuan (US$42,588) in the world’s largest auto market.
Last month, BYD sold 40,532 so-called new energy vehicles in China, including battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor sold 30,479 of these vehicles. According to the CPCA, China sold 1.6 million passenger cars in June, down 5.3 percent from the previous year.
(One US dollar equals 6.4806 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Yilei Sun and Tony Munroe contributed reporting; Mark Potter edited the piece.)/n
