CnEVPost Newsletter: BYD, Tesla sales figures

BYD sells record 201,259 NEVs in Sept - CnEVPost — cnevpost.com BYD sold 94,941 pure electric vehicles in September, up 161.5 percent from 36,306 units in the same month last year.

BYD Sept sales breakdown: Song 46,457 units, Qin 39,515 units - CnEVPost BYD's flagship Han family of sedans sold 31,497 units in September, while Seal, seen as a strong rival to the Tesla Model 3, sold 7,473 units.

Tesla global deliveries hit record high in Q3, but fall short of expectations - CnEVPost Tesla delivered a record 343,830 vehicles globally in the third quarter, but missed analysts' expectations of about 357,900 vehicles.

Tesla Shanghai plant keeps running during China's National Day holiday - CnEVPost Two workers on the production line at Tesla's Shanghai plant were cited by local media as saying they could receive three times their usual pay for the first three days of the holiday, which runs from October 1-7.

Polestar hikes Polestar 2 prices in China by up to $4,330 - CnEVPost Polestar has raised the prices of all three versions of the Polestar 2 in China, blaming the continued sharp rise in the prices of raw materials.