In keeping with the China Passenger Automotive Affiliation (CPCA)’s preliminary knowledge, the general wholesale car shipments (native retail gross sales and export) of Tesla Made-in-China (MIC) automobiles final month amounted to 84,159 models.
That is a fairly strong quantity – 9.3 % increased than a 12 months in the past and above the typical for the primary eight months (78,000).
* CPCA experiences wholesale shipments, not registrations/buyer deliveries.
The outcome was in all probability boosted by the current value cuts utilized to the Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary AWD and Efficiency variations, mixed with an insurance coverage subsidy on the Mannequin 3.
This month is a little bit of an unknown as a result of the corporate formally launched an upgraded Mannequin 3 (aka Highland) – particularly the RWD and AWD variations (there is no such thing as a Efficiency model anymore). Tesla says buyer deliveries of the brand new Mannequin 3 in China are anticipated within the fourth quarter.
In the meantime, supply instances of the Tesla Mannequin Y are between 2-6 weeks (RWD and Efficiency variations) or 2-8 weeks (Lengthy Vary AWD variations). Within the case of the Tesla Mannequin Y LR AWD model, which is now 4.5 % inexpensive since mid-August, the ready time elevated by as much as two weeks, which suggests an elevated variety of orders.
Throughout the first seven months of 2023, Tesla’s wholesale car shipments of the Made-in-China (MIC) Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y amounted to 624,983 (up 56 % year-over-year).
It is value noting additionally that the 12-month rolling quantity elevated as soon as once more and reached over 935,000 models. The Tesla Giga Shanghai plant is the world’s largest electrical automobile manufacturing plant, with a possible peak output believed to be above 1 million models yearly.
As of at this time, the preliminary CPCA doesn’t embrace numbers for retail gross sales and export or particular person outcomes for the 2 fashions.
Prior to now, the Tesla Mannequin Y quantity represented about two-thirds of the full wholesale quantity (outpacing the Mannequin 3 at a ratio of over 2:1).
Tesla MIC supply in China – September 4, 2023
The brand new Tesla Mannequin 3 RWD is barely dearer than earlier than (by about 12 % or 28,000 CNY). Under, we listed all the present costs in China:
MIC Tesla Mannequin 3 RWD:
Worth: $35,746 (259,900 CNY) Vary (CLTC): 377 miles (606 km) 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in 6.1 seconds high pace of 124 mph (200 km/h)
MIC Tesla Mannequin 3 AWD:
Worth: $40,698 (295,900 CNY) Vary (CLTC): 443 miles (713 km) 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in 4.4 seconds high pace of 124 mph (200 km/h)
MIC Tesla Mannequin Y RWD (LFP):
Worth: $36,297 (263,900 CNY) Vary (CLTC): 339 miles (545 km) 0-62 mph (100 km/h): 6.9 seconds high pace of 135 mph (217 km/h)
MIC Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary AWD:
Worth: $41,248 (299,900 CNY) Vary (CLTC): 410 miles (660 km) 0-62 mph (100 km/h): 5.0 seconds high pace of 135 mph (217 km/h)
MIC Tesla Mannequin Y Efficiency:
Worth: $48,125 (349,900 CNY) Vary (CLTC): 382 miles (615 km) 0-62 mph (100 km/h): 3.7 seconds high pace of 155 mph (250 km/h)