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VW Sales Top Tesla in Europe After Incumbents Fight Back
- Volkswagen registered almost 50,000 electric cars last month
- European carmakers respond to challenge from Model 3
Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg
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Volkswagen AG pulled well ahead of Tesla Inc. in battery-electric vehicle sales last year as Europe’s incumbent carmakers rose to the challenge from Elon Musk’s Model 3.
The German giant sold 49,704 fully electric autos across Europe in December, almost double Tesla’s registrations in the region, according to market researcher Jato Dynamics. VW’s new ID.3 beat the Model 3 and was the second best-selling car overall for the month.