Tesla China Sees Strong Domestic Sales in June with 61,484 Units Sold
AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication
Tesla China reported a significant increase in domestic sales for June, with 61,484 units sold, marking the company's second-best performance in 2025 so far. This figure trails only March, when Tesla delivered 74,127 vehicles domestically. According to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), Tesla sold a total of 71,599 cars wholesale in June 2025. This represents a 59.3% increase compared to May's 38,588 units and a 3.75% year-over-year increase from 59,261 units in June 2024. The rebound ends a two-month streak of year-over-year declines and helped lift Tesla's Q2 retail total in China to 128,803 units, though that still marks an 11.7% drop from the same period last year. For context, Tesla China sold 263,410 vehicles domestically, down 5.36% year-over-year, in the first six months of 2025. In June, Tesla's Giga Shanghai sold 71,599 cars, of which 61,484 were sold in China and 10,115 were exported. The model mix was 51,253 Model Y and 20,346 Model 3. Tesla's stronger domestic showing in June came as the company scaled back its export output from Giga Shanghai. The factory exported 10,115 vehicles last month, down 56.2% from May and 13.9% from a year earlier. For the first half of 2025, Tesla China's total exports reached 101,064 units, down 31.85% compared to the same period in 2024. June saw continued growth across China's broader new energy vehicle (NEV) market, with retail sales reaching 1.11 million units, up 29.7% year-over-year. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for 661,000 of those sales. Tesla's NEV market share for June was then 5.53%, down from 6.92% a year earlier but an improvement over May's 3.78%. The Model Y continues to be Tesla China's primary driver of sales, with the vehicle's wholesale figures reaching 51,253 units in June, up 16.6% from a year ago and nearly 30% from May. Wholesale numbers for the Model Y totaled 214,034 units in the first six months of the year. The Model 3, in comparison, saw wholesale volumes reach 150,440 units in the first six months of the year.
