Data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) has revealed that Tesla sold a total of 55,215 vehicles in the domestic Chinese market in May 2024. This represents a year-over-year gain of 29.89% from the 42,508 vehicles sold in May 2023 and a month-over-month increase of 75.73% from the 31,421 cars that were sold in April 2024.
Tesla China’s exports, which were listed at 17,358 units in May 2024, represented a 50.67% year-over-year decrease from the 35,187 vehicles that were exported in May 2023 and a 43.54% month-over-month drop from the 30,746 that were exported in April 2024, as noted in a report from CNEV Post. This trend is quite unsurprising as Tesla tends to focus on the domestic Chinese market during the final month of a quarter.
We now have the export and local sales split for May in China. ??
Tesla exported 17,358 cars. The lowest since November last year.
Local sales in China were 55,215. Up 29% year-over-year. https://t.co/QUzR8FRAfp pic.twitter.com/hdn4chI7id— Roland Pircher (@piloly) June 11, 2024
Of the 72,573 vehicles sold wholesale by Tesla China in May, 45,359 units were Model Y crossovers. This suggests that last month, the Model Y accounted for 62.5% of the electric vehicle maker’s wholesale figures in China. The Model 3 sedan, on the other hand, represented 37.5% of Tesla China’s wholesale figures in May 2024, accounting for 27,214 units.
Overall, China’s sales of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) were listed at 804,000 units in May 2024, which represents a 38.64% year-over-year and a 18.75% month-over-month increase. The country’s Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) segment, on the other hand, was tracked at 495,000 units in May 2024, a 27.58% year-over-year and a 22.16% month-over-month increase.
$TSLA ??
Tesla China's May domestic and export details were released.
• Retail: 55,215
• Export: 17,358 pic.twitter.com/ZkkmHQEfNg— Tsla Chan (@Tslachan) June 11, 2024
With this in mind, Tesla China accounted for 6.87% of the country’s NEV segment. This is a 4.66% improvement compared to April 2024 but a 7.33% decline from the company’s NEV share from May 2023, as per CNEV Post’s estimates. Tesla also accounted for 11.15% of China’s BEV segment in May 2024. This represents a 7.76% month-over-month improvement from April 2024 and a 10.96% improvement from May 2023.
From January to May 2024, Tesla China’s wholesale figures were tracked at 355,616 units, a 7.12% decline compared to the same period last year. Tesla’s drop in the domestic Chinese market is less notable, with the EV maker selling 219,056 units in the domestic automotive market from January to May 2024. Such a number represents a minor 0.38% decline year-over-year.
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Elon Musk confirms xAI’s purchase of five 380 MW natural gas turbines
The deal, which was confirmed by Musk on X, highlights xAI’s effort to aggressively scale its operations.
xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, has purchased five additional 380 MW natural gas turbines from South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility to power its growing supercomputer clusters.
The deal, which was confirmed by Musk on X, highlights xAI’s effort to aggressively scale its operations.
xAI’s turbine deal details
News of xAI’s new turbines was shared on social media platform X, with user @SemiAnalysis_ stating that the turbines were produced by South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility. As noted in an Asian Business Daily report, Doosan Enerbility announced last October that it signed a contract to supply two 380 MW gas turbines for a major U.S. tech company. Doosan later noted in December that it secured an order for three more 380 MW gas turbines.
As per the X user, the gas turbines would power an additional 600,000+ GB200 NVL72 equivalent size cluster. This should make xAI’s facilities among the largest in the world. In a reply, Elon Musk confirmed that xAI did purchase the turbines. “True,” Musk wrote in a post on X.
xAI’s ambitions
Recent reports have indicated that xAI closed an upsized $20 billion Series E funding round, exceeding the initial $15 billion target to fuel rapid infrastructure scaling and AI product development. The funding, as per the AI startup, “will accelerate our world-leading infrastructure buildout, enable the rapid development and deployment of transformative AI products.”
The company also teased the rollout of its upcoming frontier AI model. “Looking ahead, Grok 5 is currently in training, and we are focused on launching innovative new consumer and enterprise products that harness the power of Grok, Colossus, and 𝕏 to transform how we live, work, and play,” xAI wrote in a post on its website.
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Elon Musk’s xAI closes upsized $20B Series E funding round
xAI announced the investment round in a post on its official website.
xAI has closed an upsized $20 billion Series E funding round, exceeding the initial $15 billion target to fuel rapid infrastructure scaling and AI product development.
xAI announced the investment round in a post on its official website.
A $20 billion Series E round
As noted by the artificial intelligence startup in its post, the Series E funding round attracted a diverse group of investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and Baron Capital Group, among others.
Strategic partners NVIDIA and Cisco Investments also continued support for building the world’s largest GPU clusters.
As xAI stated, “This financing will accelerate our world-leading infrastructure buildout, enable the rapid development and deployment of transformative AI products reaching billions of users, and fuel groundbreaking research advancing xAI’s core mission: Understanding the Universe.”
xAI’s core mission
Th Series E funding builds on xAI’s previous rounds, powering Grok advancements and massive compute expansions like the Memphis supercluster. The upsized demand reflects growing recognition of xAI’s potential in frontier AI.
xAI also highlighted several of its breakthroughs in 2025, from the buildout of Colossus I and II, which ended with over 1 million H100 GPU equivalents, and the rollout of the Grok 4 Series, Grok Voice, and Grok Imagine, among others. The company also confirmed that work is already underway to train the flagship large language model’s next iteration, Grok 5.
“Looking ahead, Grok 5 is currently in training, and we are focused on launching innovative new consumer and enterprise products that harness the power of Grok, Colossus, and 𝕏 to transform how we live, work, and play,” xAI wrote.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock received a price target update from Pierre Ferragu of Wall Street firm New Street Research, citing the company’s growing lead in self-driving and autonomy.
On Tuesday, Ferragu bumped his price target from $520 to $600, stating that the consensus from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was that Tesla’s lead in autonomy has been sustained, is growing, and sits at a multiple-year lead over its competitors.
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“The signal from Vegas is loud and clear,” the analyst writes. “The industry isn’t catching up to Tesla; it is actively validating Tesla’s strategy…just with a 12-year lag.”
The note shows that the company’s prowess in vehicle autonomy is being solidified by lagging competitors that claim to have the best method. The only problem is that Tesla’s Vision-based approach, which it adopted back in 2022 with the Model 3 and Model Y initially, has been proven to be more effective than competitors’ approach, which utilizes other technology, such as LiDAR and sensors.
Currently, Tesla shares are sitting at around $433, as the company’s stock price closed at $432.96 on Tuesday afternoon.
Ferragu’s consensus on Tesla shares echoes that of other Wall Street analysts who are bullish on the company’s stock and position within the AI, autonomy, and robotics sector.
Dan Ives of Wedbush wrote in a note in mid-December that he anticipates Tesla having a massive 2026, and could reach a $3 trillion valuation this year, especially with the “AI chapter” taking hold of the narrative at the company.
Ives also said that the big step in the right direction for Tesla will be initiating production of the Cybercab, as well as expanding on the Robotaxi program through the next 12 months:
“…as full-scale volume production begins with the autonomous and robotics roadmap…The company has started to test the all-important Cybercab in Austin over the past few weeks, which is an incremental step towards launching in 2026 with important volume production of Cybercabs starting in April/May, which remains the golden goose in unlocking TSLA’s AI valuation.”
Tesla analyst breaks down delivery report: ‘A step in the right direction’
Tesla has transitioned from an automaker to a full-fledged AI company, and its Robotaxi and Cybercab programs, fueled by the Full Self-Driving suite, are leading the charge moving forward. In 2026, there are major goals the company has outlined. The first is removing Safety Drivers from vehicles in Austin, Texas, one of the areas where it operates a ride-hailing service within the U.S.
Ultimately, Tesla will aim to launch a Level 5 autonomy suite to the public in the coming years.
Elon Musk confirms xAI’s purchase of five 380 MW natural gas turbines
Elon Musk’s xAI closes upsized $20B Series E funding round
