The third quarter of 2024 is shaping up to be strong for Tesla China, with the electric vehicle maker seeing an estimated 16,200 new vehicle registrations in the week of September 2-8. This represents a 12.5% improvement over the 14,400 registrations that were tracked in the week ending September 1.
Tesla does not share its weekly sales figures, though a general idea of the company’s overall performance in China’s local automotive sector could be inferred through the number of new vehicle registrations that are filed every week. Fortunately, these registrations are tracked closely by industry watchers. Even automakers such as Li Auto have taken it upon themselves to share weekly registration data on Chinese social media.
$TSLA 💥 Tesla china rocks! pic.twitter.com/i5lOVDW1Ny
— Tsla Chan (@Tslachan) September 10, 2024
And based on Li Auto’s recent data, Tesla China saw 16,200 new registrations in the week ending September 8. These results represent the highest 10th week of a quarter for Tesla China ever and Q3 2024’s strongest week to date. Interestingly enough, these results also indicate that Tesla China’s 2024 registrations have finally surpassed 2023’s figures.
For the week of September 2-8, China reported 16.2k insurance registrations for Tesla. 🇨🇳
— Roland Pircher (@piloly) September 10, 2024
The quarter is +25.2% QoQ, +15.5% YoY and +7.6% vs. 23Q4 the best quarter after 10 weeks. YTD is at +0.2% YoY. Highest 10th week of the quarter ever. Highest week of the quarter. pic.twitter.com/AMUVJYDA5B
TSLA bull and Wall Street veteran Gary Black noted in a post on X that Tesla China’s registrations last week represent the third highest weekly registrations for the electric vehicle maker this year so far. Provided that Tesla maintains its current momentum, Q3 2024 could very well become the electric vehicle maker’s best quarter ever in China.
$TSLA China posted a very strong 16.2K insured registrations for the week of Sept 2-8. This was TSLA China’s 3rd highest weekly registrations this year. With 3 weeks left in the quarter, TSLA China 3Q registrations are on track for their best quarter ever, and are +15% YoY and… pic.twitter.com/1YSjOoybqx
— Gary Black (@garyblack00) September 10, 2024
Data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) indicates that Tesla China sold 86,697 vehicles in August, including 23,241 that were exported to foreign territories. This means that Tesla sold 63,456 vehicles in the domestic Chinese automotive market last month. Estimates from CNEV Post also suggest that from January to August, Tesla China sold about 388,000 vehicles in the Chinese domestic market.
These results are quite impressive considering that Tesla China’s sales are driven by just two models—the Model 3 sedan and the Model Y crossover. And while the Model 3 saw a notable redesign last year, the Model Y remains largely unchanged from its first iteration, which was launched in China in 2021.
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