Tesla has started on Tuesday deliveries of the six-seater version of its top-selling Model Y in China.
Registration data showed that the company’s sales in the world’s most competitive EV market rose 20.4% in the final week of August.
The EV brand opened orders for the new three-row SUV two weeks ago, at a starting price of 339,000 yuan ($47,500).
The model was first teased in mid-July by the brand on Weibo, which said at the time that the launch was planned for the Fall.
The model is dual-motor, with peak power outputs of 142 kW for the front motor and 198 kW for the rear one.
It features batteries supplied by South-Korean company LG — which were used in the five-seat iteration as well.
The six-seat SUV reaches a top speed of 201 km/h and has a range of 830 km — the same as the most recent variant of the Model 3, with the longest range yet, for which Tesla has already cut prices.
According to CEO Elon Musk, the model, first launched in China, will not be produced in the US until late 2026.
“This variant of the Model Y doesn’t start production in the US until the end of next year,” Musk wrote on X, adding: “Might not ever, given the advent of self-driving in America.”
In the final week of August, 7,600 Model Ys were sold in China, according to registration data shared on Chinese social media this Tuesday.
Tesla registered a total of 12,400 vehicles in the country between August 25 and 31, 20.4% above the previous week.
Registrations of the US brand have been increasing since mid-July, having experienced its first drop in five weeks from August 18 to 24, from which it has recovered in the final week of the month.
Last week, the company sold 4,800 Model 3s — more than doubling the figures of the previous week.
The sedan briefly outperformed its main competitor, the Xiaomi SU7, for two weeks. However, Xiaomi‘s registrations rebounded in the last two weeks of August.
Xiaomi sold 5,500 YU7 SUVs last week. The model, which launched in July, is positioned to compete with Tesla‘s Model Y.
Production of its second model is ramping up — Xiaomi said it delivered more than 30,000 vehicles in August, marking the second consecutive month it has crossed that milestone.
BYD, which sells both hybrid and fully electric models, registered 69,400 vehicles in the final week of August.
It was followed by Geely‘s Galaxy, which listed 27,800 units, and Stellantis-backed Leapmotor, which sold 13,900 vehicles.
XPeng and Li Auto both registered 8,400 units each, while the Nio Group totaled 8,200 vehicles.
