According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Tesla sales (wholesale shipments, not registrations/deliveries) and production numbers in April went in two different directions.
The production of the Made-in-China (MIC) Model 3 was a record high at 11,211 (#1 EV in China), although sales amounted to just 3,635 (still the third best result for the month).
We are not aware of why the production/sales numbers split so much. Maybe the registration data will be higher though.
Made-in-China (MIC) Tesla Model 3 results according to CPCA (sales) and MIIT (production):
- April 2020: production - 11,211, sales - 3,635
- March 2020: production - 10,158, sales - 10,160
- February 2020: sales - 3,900
- January 2020: sales - 2,620
- December 2019: start of production
New Energy Vehicle production (by brand) - China April 2020 (source: MIIT)
- Tesla: 11,211
- BYD: 9,883
- GAC: 4,441
- FAW-VW: 4,257
- Chan'an: 3,656
- SAIC-VW: 3,089
- NIO: 3,008
- Lixiang: 2,893
- Brilliance BMW: 2,871
- SAIC: 2,547
- BAIC BJEV: 2,375
- SGMW: 2,030
- Weima: 1,802
- Great Wall: 1,453
- GAC-Toyota: 1,250
- Xpeng: 1,235
- Geely: 1,093
New Energy Vehicle production (by model) - China April 2020 (source: MIIT)
- Tesla Model 3: 11,211
- GAC Aion S: 3,715
- NIO ES6: 2,808
- BYD Qin: 2,024
- Baojun E200: 1,518
Source: Reuters