Tesla’s China Shipments Rise at Start of Busy Sales Season

Shipments from Tesla Inc.’s Shanghai factory increased in September as China’s car market kicks off its busy sales period and automakers start their final push to meet annual targets.

The carmaker shipped 90,812 units from the plant last month, up 2.8% from a year earlier, according to preliminary data released by China’s Passenger Car Association. While the figures don’t split out exports from domestic sales, most of those vehicles will go to customers in China. That marks a reprieve from this year’s trend of declines — Tesla’s wholesale output from Shanghai has dropped in seven of nine months this year.