Beijing (ZXZC)- Wholesale sales of China-made Tesla vehicles totaled 32,968 vehicles in July, 207 vehicles less than the volume of the previous month, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). By the end of July, the year-to-date wholesale volume of China-made Tesla vehicles amounted to 194,711 units. 

Tesla was a distant second to BYD (50,387 vehicles) in terms of July wholesale volume, followed by SAIC GM Wuling (27,347 vehicles), SAIC Motor (13,454) and GAC Aion (10,506 vehicles).

In July, export volume of China-made Tesla vehicles surpassed 20,000 for the first time, surging 385% month over month to 24,347 vehicles. The Shanghai-made Model 3 achieved best-ever export volume (16,137 vehicles) while the first monthly export volume of the locally-made Model Y reached 8,210 vehicles.

That means Tesla’s sales in China in July were only 8,621 vehicles, plunging nearly 70% when compared with its June sales in China (28,138 vehicles). In the same month, Chinese new energy vehicle startup Li Auto delivered 8,589 vehicles while XPeng and NIO delivered 8,040 and 7,931 vehicles respectively.

The association said on Tuesday that the wholesale volume of China’s new energy passenger vehicles (NEPVs) in July reached 246,000 vehicles, up 202.9% year on year and 5.1% month on month. For the first seven months of this year, the total sales of NEPVs soared 227.2% year on year to 1.339 million vehicles.