Tesla’s car sales in Germany fell in September, even as the country’s overall EV market grew by nearly 32%. The drop comes amid rising competition from BYD and anticipation ahead of Tesla’s October 7 announcement.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50541715

BYD, China’s largest EV maker, registered 3,255 new vehicles in September, more than twenty times its sales from a year earlier. BYD has sold 11,810 cars in Germany since January, narrowing the gap with Tesla’s year-to-date total.

  • Ooops@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    “Twentyfold growth” from “We don’t sell any cars there but there was somebody who imported one” to “We sell cars there but barely anyone cares” (~1% market share)…