Tesla China Demand Powers Ahead With Record Registrations

  • More than 35,000 cars registered in March, data show
  • China demand helped global deliveries beat expectations
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Tesla Inc.’s growth in China is powering on, with registrations of its electric cars rising to a record last month.

In March, 34,635 China-built Teslas were registered in the country, according to data from state-backed China Automotive Information Net. That’s almost double the 18,155 registrations in February, when the week long Lunar New Year holiday slowed sales, and almost triple the number a year earlier, when the nation was the in the grip of coronavrius lockdowns.