Tesla Sold 54,391 China-Made Vehicles in October: CPCA

Tesla Sold 54,391 China-Made Vehicles in October: CPCA
Tesla China-made Model 3 vehicles are seen during a delivery event at its factory in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 7, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters
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BEIJING—U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. sold 54,391 China-made vehicles in October, including 40,666 for export, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said on Monday.

Tesla, which is making Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles in Shanghai, sold 56,006 China-made vehicles in September, including 3,853 that were exported.

Chinese EV makers Nio Inc. sold 3,667 cars last month and Xpeng Inc. delivered 10,138 vehicles. Volkswagen AG said it sold over 12,000 ID. series EVs in China in October.

CPCA said passenger car sales in October in China totaled 1.74 million, down 14 percent from a year earlier.