The public demand for the electric Tesla Model Y SUV continues growing in China with around 18,600 units sold last month – four times as much as in February 2021. A total of 23,200 Tesla cars found new owners in that country last month (+27%).
This makes the Model Y twice as popular as the Mercedes-Benz GLC (under 10,000 units sold), Audi Q5 (around 8,900), and BMW X3 (around 8,800).
The cheaper BYD Song PHEV is the only electrified vehicle that managed to pull ahead of the best-selling SUV in China with 22,800 units sold in February.
In turn, the locally produced Model 3 lost its standing and fell to just 4,600 units sold (-66% year-to-year).
A total of 56,500 electric and electrified cars found new owners in the country last month. EV shipment volumes over the past six months exceeded 350,000 units, but that statistic includes exported cars along with those sold nationwide.
Market researchers predict that the demand for Tesla EVs will continue growing in China, largely thanks to the way production, sales and deliveries are organized by that automaker. Tesla has been known to export most of the cars assembled in January and February from China and focus on delivering more units locally in the remaining ten months.