BEIJING/SHANGHAI - U.S. automaker Tesla sold 74,073 China-made electric vehicles in September, a 10.9% decrease from a year earlier, showed data from the China Passenger Car Association on Sunday.Chinese rival BYD, with its Dynasty and Ocean series of EVs and petrol-electric hybrid models, saw passenger vehicle deliveries grow 42.8% to 286,903 last month, from 200,973 in September last year.
The company missed market estimates for third-quarter global deliveries on Oct. 2 as planned upgrades at its factories to roll out a newer version of the Model 3 mass-market sedan forced production halts. It unveiled in September a restyled Model 3 with a starting price of 259,900 yuan in China, 12% higher than the previous, and would start delivering in the fourth quarter.