The carmaker's share of China's BEV and PHEV market has slipped to 6.8% Tesla hopes to sell between 600,000 and 700,000 vehicles in the country this year An unnamed source says the company has planned to cut Model Y production by 20% Tesla has aggressively cut production of the Model Y at its Shanghai factory in recent months due to slowing demand for the EV, but it’s unclear if similar cuts are planned at its factories in the U.S. and Germany.
The carmaker built 287,359 vehicles at the Shanghai site in the first four months of the year. Interestingly, while this is 5% lower than the same period in 2023, production of the Model 3 has increased by 10%. Tesla reportedly aims to sell between 600,000 and 700,000 vehicles in China this year of the roughly 2 million cars it intends to sell globally. By comparison, it sold 603,664 cars in the country in 2023.