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The
U.S. carmaker exported 42,463 Model 3s and Model Ys from China
last month, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said. In
July, it sold 28,217 vehicles and exported 19,756.
After a scheduled upgrade disrupted most production in July,
Tesla ramped up output at the Shanghai plant in August, defying
heatwaves and COVID curbs that hit its suppliers in the
southwest region.
Battery maker CATL's Yibin plant, which mainly supplies battery
cells to Tesla Shanghai, had to shut part of its operations due
to local power restriction policies in mid-August.
The output ramp-up enabled Tesla to accelerate deliveries of the
Model 3 and Model Y electric cars to customers especially in
China, where it faces more competition from local rivals.
It slashed delivery waiting time for its two best-selling models
to a maximum of 14 weeks in China, while buyers of the
rear-wheel drive Model Y can pick up the SUV in a month after
placing the order, according to Tesla's Chinese website.
China's overall passenger car sales in August jumped 28.4% from
a year earlier to 1.9 million, the CPCA said.
After a difficult start to the year that has seen China's
economy slow amid COVID lockdowns, auto sales in China have
rebounded thanks to government incentives and tax breaks.
Exports of passenger vehicles jumped 77.5% last month, bucking
an overall export growth slowdown, CPCA said.
Sales of electric cars accounted for 28% of the total in August
and rose by 111.2%, it added.
BYD led the electric vehicle producers with 173,977 cars
delivered in August, while Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto delivered
10,677, 9,578 and 4,571 vehicles, respectively.
(Reporting by Zhang Yan, Brenda Goh; Editing by Jason Neely and
Edmund Blair)
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