Tesla's June China-made EV sales down 24.2% y/y
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla car charges at a charging station in Beijing, China, April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tesla's June sales of China-made electric vehicles fell 24.2% from a year earlier to 71,007, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Tuesday.
Deliveries of the U.S. automaker's China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles fell 2.2% from May levels.
Chinese rival BYD, with its Dynasty and Ocean lineups of EVs and plug-in hybrids, sold 340,211 passenger vehicles in June, up 35.2% year on year.
(Reporting by Qiaoyi Li and Miyoung Kim; editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Jason Neely)