{"id":301279,"date":"2026-03-11T07:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/?p=301279"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:13:35","slug":"tesla-china-wholesale-growth-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/tesla-china-wholesale-growth-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla China posts strong February wholesale growth at Gigafactory Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tesla China sold 58,599 vehicles wholesale in February, reflecting strong year-over-year growth. The figure includes both domestic deliveries in China and vehicles exported to international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The update was shared by Tesla observers on social media platform X, citing monthly China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla\u2019s February wholesale result represents a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/piloly\/status\/2031686205272690904?s=20\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">91% increase year over year<\/a>, compared with 30,688 vehicles in February 2025. Month over month, the result was down 15.2% from January, when Tesla China recorded 69,129 wholesale units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In February, Tesla&#39;s Giga Shangai wholesale sales (local in China and exports) were 58,599 Model 3 and Model Y. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3<br><br>This is +91.0% year-over-year and -15.2% month-over-month. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ni1opbAfxE\">pic.twitter.com\/ni1opbAfxE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Roland Pircher (@piloly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piloly\/status\/2031686205272690904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24TSLA&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$TSLA<\/a> \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3<br>Tesla China: It sold about 58,600(Wholesale) vehicles in February. <br><br>This represents a 91% year-over-year increase and the Shanghai Gigafactory is the world&#39;s top export hub. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v1cGJ8syyw\">pic.twitter.com\/v1cGJ8syyw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tsla Chan (@Tslachan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tslachan\/status\/2031687678308335723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The February total reflects combined sales of the Model 3 and Model Y produced at Gigafactory Shanghai. The facility produces the two vehicles for both domestic sales and exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gigafactory Shanghai continues to serve as Tesla\u2019s primary vehicle export hub, supplying vehicles to markets across Asia and Europe. Data compiled by Tesla watchers shows that 18,485 vehicles were sold domestically in China in January 2026, while <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tslachan\/status\/2031687678308335723?s=20\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exports accounted for 50,644 units<\/a> during the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla has also been <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/tesla-7-year-financing-china\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extending financing programs<\/a> in China as it pushes to strengthen domestic demand. The company recently extended its seven-year ultra-low-interest and five-year interest-free financing programs through March 31, marking the second extension of the promotion this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The financing initiative was first introduced on January 6 as a strategy aimed at offsetting higher ownership costs ahead of China\u2019s planned 5% NEV purchase tax in 2026. The promotion was originally scheduled to expire at the end of January before being extended to February and then again through the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla\u2019s efforts come amid growing competition in China\u2019s EV market. According to data compiled by <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cnevpost.com\/2026\/02\/26\/tesla-extends-7-year-car-loans-in-china-again\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNEV Post<\/a><\/em>, Tesla\u2019s 2025 retail sales in China reached 625,698 vehicles, representing a 4.78% year-over-year decline. Part of that decline was linked to the Model Y changeover to its updated variant in early 2025, which temporarily reduced deliveries during the transition period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The update was shared by Tesla observers on social media platform X, citing monthly China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21274,"featured_media":296048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4489,1,4490],"tags":[571,153,1394],"class_list":["post-301279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-news","category-tesla","tag-featured","tag-tesla","tag-tesla-china"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tesla China posts strong February wholesale growth at Gigafactory 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