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BYD Extends Tesla-Beating Sales Streak to Four Straight Quarters
BYD is now poised to deliver more battery-electric cars than Tesla during a calendar year for the first time.
Photographer: Liesa Johannssen/BloombergTesla Inc. sold a record number of vehicles last quarter, but BYD Co. still got the better of the Elon Musk-led company yet again.
China’s top carmaker has now delivered more fully electric vehicles worldwide than its US counterpart in four consecutive quarters. BYD managed to outsell Tesla on a quarterly basis even despite registering its first total sales decline in 18 months in September.