It includes Model 3 and Model Y produced domestically between 12th January 2019 and 24th April 2023.
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Tesla recalls over 1.1 million vehicles in China, will provide fixes via OTA
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Tesla is conducting its biggest recall in China in its history, albeit one that was caused by a software setting and can be fixed via OTA.
Effective May 29, 2023, Tesla is recalling a total of 1,104,622 imported Model S, Model X, Model 3 and China-made Model 3, Model Y vehicles with production dates between January 12, 2019 and April 24, 2023.
The vehicles included in the recall do not allow the driver to select an energy recovery braking strategy, according to a statement from China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).
Also, the driver may not have been provided with sufficient warning of prolonged deep depression of the accelerator pedal.
The combination of the above factors may increase the probability of misusing the accelerator pedal for a long period of time, which may increase the risk of a collision and present a safety hazard.
Tesla plans to push newly developed features for vehicles covered by the recall through OTA updates to reduce the risk of crashes caused by excessive speed due to prolonged deep pressing of the accelerator pedal.
The new features include (1) an option to allow drivers to select energy recovery braking intensity on vehicles that do not have energy recovery braking intensity selection, (2) adjustment of the factory default state of the vehicle's energy recovery braking strategy, and (3) an alert when the driver depresses the accelerator pedal deeply for an extended period of time.
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Tesla Apr sales breakdown in China: Model 3 at 13,196 units, Model Y 26,760
From January to April, the Model Y sold 121,407 units, making it the second-best-selling new energy SUV in China during this period. | TSLA.US
Tesla's retail sales in China in April included 13,196 Model 3 electric sedans and 26,760 Model Y electric crossovers, according to data released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
Figures released earlier this month by the CPCA show that Tesla sold 75,842 China-made vehicles in April, including 35,886 units exported.
That means Tesla delivered 39,956 vehicles in China in April, with 47.32 percent of the vehicles produced at the Shanghai plant being exported.
The US electric vehicle maker's plant in Shanghai currently only produces the Model 3 as well as the Model Y. Including exports, the two models sold 26,783 and 49,059 units in April, respectively, according to the CPCA.
Today's figures mean that Tesla's Shanghai plant exported 13,587 China-made Model 3s and 22,299 China-made Model Ys in April.
In China, Model Y sales in April were up 2,687.50 percent from 960 units in the same month last year, but down 51.29 percent from 54,937 units in March.
Model 3 sales in China in April were up 2,290.58 percent from 552 units a year ago, but down 39.26 percent from 21,726 units in March.
These changes are due to the fact that Tesla's sales in China fell sharply last April due to the Covid lockdown in Shanghai, and its pattern of producing vehicles primarily for export in the first half of each quarter.
In the rankings released today by the CPCA, the Model Y was the third best-selling new energy SUV in April.
BYD Song and BYD Yuan Plus were the top 2 best-selling new energy SUVs in April with 33,007 and 28,931 retail sales, respectively.
From January to April, the Model Y sold 121,407 units, up 60.5 percent year-on-year, and was the second best-selling new energy SUV during this period, according to the CPCA's rankings.
The BYD Song was the top-selling new energy SUV from January to April, with 174,422 units, up 83.0 percent year-on-year.
Among the top 10 new energy sedans in April, the Tesla Model 3 came in at No. 7, while NIO's (NYSE: NIO) ET5 sedan failed to make the list.
Among the top retail sales of new energy sedans from January to April, the Tesla Model 3 ranked No. 5, while the BYD Qin ranked No. 1 with 130,602 units.
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Tesla delivers 39,956 vehicles in China in Apr, exports 35,886 units from Shanghai plant
Including exports, China-made Model 3 and Model Y sales in April were 26,783 and 49,059 vehicles, respectively, according to the CPCA. | TSLA.US
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) sold 75,842 China-made vehicles in April, including 35,886 units exported, according to data released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
This means that Tesla delivered 39,956 vehicles in China in April, with 47.32 percent of the vehicles produced at the Shanghai plant being exported.
By comparison, Tesla delivered just 1,512 vehicles in China last April, when none were exported, due to the Covid lockdown in Shanghai.
The US electric vehicle maker's factory in Shanghai currently produces only the Model 3 and the Model Y. Including exports, the two models sold 26,783 and 49,059 units in April, according to the CPCA.
The breakdown figures of Model 3 and Model Y sales in China are expected to be available in a few days.
Retail sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China in April were 527,000, with 370,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sold, according to the CPCA.
This means that Tesla's share of the NEV market in China in April was 7.58 percent and its share of the BEV market was 10.80 percent. These two figures were 14.12 percent and 20.02 percent respectively in March.
It is worth noting that Tesla's model is to produce cars for export in the first half of the quarter and for the local market in the second half.
Tesla slightly raised the prices of all its available models in China earlier this month, which the CPCA believes will be helpful in boosting sales.
Tesla's price increase is a good signal to dispel the wait-and-see mentality of consumers who are overly expecting price cuts, the CPCA said in a report today.
On May 2, the prices of the Model 3 and Model Y were all raised by 2,000 yuan ($290) in China, an increase of less than 1 percent.
On May 5, prices for the full lineup of the new Model S and Model X, which are not manufactured in China, were all raised by RMB 19,000.
(1 $= RMB 6.9274)
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Labor Day holiday: How do NIO, Tesla and Li Auto’s user travel reports compare?
Between April 28 and May 4, NIO owners drove a total of about 140 million km and 4.48 million hours.
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Only a few electric vehicle (EV) makers, including NIO (NYSE: NIO), have previously published reports on their owners' travel data during the holiday season. Now, more and more players are doing so.
This year's Labor Day holiday in China ran from April 29 to May 3. As the holiday ended, several EV makers, including NIO, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), Zeekr, and Denza, released their data.
NIO
Between April 28 and May 4, NIO owners accumulated about 140 million kilometers and drove about 4.48 million hours, according to an article posted Saturday on the company's mobile app.
By traveling in purely electric vehicles, NIO users' trips during the holiday equated to a reduction of 9,211 tons of carbon emissions, according to the company.
The largest number of users traveling in NIO vehicles came from Shanghai, followed by Hangzhou and Beijing. Among their travel destinations, Shanghai's neighboring city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, ranked first, followed by Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
NIO users traveled a total of 18.1 million kilometers with assisted driving feature and used it for 226,143 hours, according to the article.
The total mileage of NIO's Navigate on Pilot (NOP) system was 6.3 million kilometers, and the more powerful NOP+ was 4.34 million kilometers.
NIO's battery swap stations provided 432,191 services during this period, with a maximum of 68,748 services in a single day.
The battery swap stations along the highways provided 138,552 free services, saving vehicle owners 104,087 hours of highway travel time, according to NIO.
These stations along highways saw a peak of 23,632 services on May 2.
NIO's 15,137 charging piles accumulated 315,455 services during that holiday, with 79.5 percent of those deliveries going to other brands of electric vehicles.
By the end of April, NIO had accumulated 327,255 deliveries.
Tesla
Between April 29 and May 3, Tesla owners drove 170 million kilometers by using the EV maker's charging network in China, it said on Weibo yesterday.
That mileage represents a carbon reduction of 10,860 tons, Tesla said.
Tesla's Supercharger stations in China are available to owners 24 hours a day and maintain an availability rate of more than 99 percent throughout the year, it said.
To date, Tesla has more than 5,000 Supercharger stations worldwide. The company has more than 1,600 Supercharger stations in the Chinese mainland, offering more than 10,000 Superchargers.
Tesla also has more than 700 destination charging stations in the Chinese mainland, offering more than 2,000 charging piles, it said.
Li Auto
Between April 29 and May 3, Li Auto owners racked up 144 million kilometers, the company said in a WeChat post on Saturday.
Of the total, 72.29 million kilometers were powered by gasoline, up 147 percent from regular days and 372 percent from the holiday last year.
Battery-powered mileage was 71.78 million kilometers, an increase of 11.9 percent over regular days.
Li Auto owners visited 368 cities during the holiday, with the most popular cities being Chengdu, Hangzhou and Shanghai.
Li Auto's AD assisted driving system drove a total of 16.47 million kilometers, or 11 percent of the milage driven.
More than 36 percent of owners of the company's discontinued Li ONE used assisted driving, and 53 percent of owners of the currently available L series used assisted driving, according to the company.
More than 69,000 owners used the more powerful navigation-assisted driving feature and drove more than 7.8 million kilometers, an increase of 186 percent compared to the usual rate.
Li Auto owners used the company's charging map to find charging piles and charge more than 680,000 kWh using fast charging.
Li Auto's supercharging stations began trial operations on April 20, with seven stations charging more than 1,000 NEVs, covering several major brands including BYD and Tesla, the company said.
By the end of April, Li Auto's cumulative deliveries stood at 335,599 units.
Zeekr
Between April 28 and May 4, Zeekr owners accumulated 54.1 million kilometers, with the longest traveled vehicle covering 5,481 kilometers, according to an article published by the company yesterday.
Eighty-seven percent of Zeekr owners drove less than 1,000 kilometers in that period, 11.2 percent drove between 1,000 and 2,000 kilometers, and 1.53 percent drove between 2,000 and 3,000 kilometers.
Zeekr owners used nearly 3.7 million kWh of energy from the company's charging piles on its charging map, and to date, Zeekr has built nearly 690 of its own charging stations, covering more than 120 cities in China.
As of the end of April, Zeekr's cumulative deliveries stood at 101,283 units.
Denza
Between April 29 and May 3, Denza D9 owners drove a total of 11.12 million kilometers and logged 292,974 hours, it said in an article published Saturday.
Of that total, 4.92 million kilometers were driven on fuel and 6.2 million kilometers on electric power.
Denza D9 owners have used assisted driving system a total of 32,493 times during the period, according to the article.
Denza currently has only one model, the D9 MPV, on sale, and it already started pre-sales of the new SUV N7 at the Shanghai auto show last month.
As of the end of April, Denza's cumulative deliveries since the rebranding stood at 44,491 units.
NIO sees over 430,000 battery swap services during Labor Day holiday in China
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Li Auto shared the numbers, saying its sales last week far outpaced those of other local new car-making brands.
Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) today shared sales figures for the major new car makers as well as luxury car companies in China for the last week of April, which is worth a look, even though many automakers have already announced deliveries for last month.
For the week ending April 24 to April 30, Li Auto sold 8,100 units, far more than any other new carmaker brand, it said today on Weibo.
Li Auto continues to be in the top five luxury brands selling in China, the highest-ranking Chinese brand on the list, outpacing other traditional luxury brands besides Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi in weekly sales, it said.
Li L7 delivered more than 10,000 units in its first full delivery month, making it one of the preferred luxury five-seat SUVs for more families, Li Auto said.
Li Auto didn't specify what statistic that sales figure was based on, though apparently it was insurance registrations. Its figures for the first three weeks of April were 7,200, 6,300 and 4,177.
Previously, we had access to those numbers every Tuesday, and it was Li Auto's practice to share some of them later to show off that it was leading the pack among car-making newcomers.
The major third-party providers of Chinese auto insurance registrations data, as well as Weibo bloggers, stopped sharing them in April, though Li Auto continues to share some of them.
Li Auto delivered 25,681 vehicles in April, another monthly high while surpassing the 20,000-delivery mark for the second consecutive month, according to data it released on May 1.
Tesla vehicles sold 11,500 units in China last week, according to a table shared by Li Auto. The figure for Tesla was 10,300, 12,500 and 6,973 units in the previous three weeks.
The US electric vehicle maker sold 75,842 China-made vehicles in April, including exports, according to data released earlier today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
The sales include sales in China as well as exports, and the breakdown is expected to be available in the coming days.
NIO (NYSE: NIO) sold 2,600 units last week, according to Li Auto. The company sold 2,000, 700 and 1,316 units in the first three weeks of April, according to the previous data.
NIO's deliveries in April fell further to 6,658 units, as its product switchover continues, according to data released on May 1.
XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) saw sales of 2,500 units last week. It sold 1,900, 1,300 and 904 units in the first three weeks of April.
XPeng delivered 7,079 vehicles in April, down 21.36 percent from 9,002 a year ago, but up 1.1 percent from 7,002 in March.
Zeekr sold 2,300 units last week, a figure that was 2,100, 1,600 and 1,476 units in the first three weeks of April.
Neta, Denza, and Leapmotor sold 3,200, 2,700, and 2,600 units last week, respectively.
Among the luxury brands, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi had the highest sales last week with 19,400, 15,700 and 14,500 respectively, according to data shared by Li Auto.
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Tesla sold 75,842 China-made cars in April
It's almost 5000% up from the same month last year, but because of covid lockdowns, it is not so relevant.
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Tesla sells 75,842 China-made vehicles in Apr, CPCA data show
Tesla's April sales in China may have been negatively impacted by consumer expectations of price cuts. It raised the prices of all its models in China this week, seemingly aimed at dampening such expectations. | TSLA.US
Tesla sold 75,842 China-made vehicles in April, including exports, according to data released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
That's up 4,916.01 percent from 1,512 units in the same month last year but down 14.66 percent from 88,869 units in March.
Last April's low base was due to disruptions to Tesla's production in China when Shanghai, where its plant is located, went into Covid lockdown at the end of March last year. The plant produces the Model 3 sedan as well as the Model Y crossover.
The sales include those in China as well as those for export, and the breakdown is expected to be available in the coming days.
In January-April, Tesla's China-made vehicle sales were 305,164, up 66.13 percent from 183,686 in the same period last year, data monitored by CnEVPost showed.
Tesla's April sales in China may have been negatively impacted by consumer expectations of price cuts.
The US electric vehicle maker cut prices for the Model 3 as well as the Model Y in several markets around the world in the first half of April, raising concerns about whether it would cut prices in China.
This may have caused many potential consumers to wait for Tesla to cut prices in China, thus delaying the purchase of the car.
On April 14, Grace Tao, Tesla's vice president of external affairs, shared several charts on Weibo showing that all versions of the Model 3 and Model Y available in the Chinese mainland are priced lower than in all other markets.
Tao shared these charts without comment, although she seemed to be suggesting at the time that Tesla would not be dropping prices in China.
On May 2, Tesla raised the prices of its full lineup of Model 3 and Model Y in China by RMB 2,000 ($290), a small margin that meant the move may be aimed more at dispelling consumer wait-and-see sentiment.
Earlier today, Tesla raised the prices of the new Model S and Model X in China, and also offered 3 years of free supercharging for the two more expensive models.
The Model 3 now starts at RMB 231,900 in China, the Model Y at RMB 263,900, the Model S at RMB 808,900 and the Model X at RMB 898,900.
($1 = RMB 6.9119)
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