Sales of US automaker Tesla’s China-made electric vehicles dropped 17.8% in November from the same month a year earlier, to 82,432 cars, China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) data revealed on Monday.
Deliveries of China-made Model 3 and Model Y cars, though, rose 14.3% from October.
Chinese rival BYD, with its Dynasty and Ocean series of EVs and petrol-electric hybrid models, saw passenger vehicle deliveries set another record at 301,378 vehicles, up 0.09% from October and up 31% from a year earlier.
- Reuters with additional editing by Sean O’Meara
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