First quarter sales figures: BYD makes a name for itself as the largest electric car manufacturer, Tesla returns to the top
Automaker BYD sold 300,000 cars in the first quarter. Tesla will publish its figures this Tuesday and is estimated to take the position as the largest electric car manufacturer.
Tesla is probably back on top: according to first-quarter figures, the Chinese automaker BYD would have left its place as the world's largest electric car manufacturer. On the other hand, Tesla, space.
BYD sold around 300,000 electric cars from January to March
Consequently, BYD sold around 300,000 electric cars from January to March. For comparison: 526,409 fully electric vehicles were sold in the fourth quarter of last year, as the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper writes. This corresponds to a decrease of 43 percent.
According to analysts' forecasts, Tesla would have sold around 458,000 vehicles. However, this does not mean that the car manufacturer had increased compared to the fourth quarter: according to statistics, 484,507 cars were delivered back then, according to the Tagesschau. This Tuesday the exact sales figures will be known, writes “Manager Magazin”.
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