Tesla drops out of China’s top 10 NEV brands, Digi Mart USA News: Tesla has dropped out of China’s top 10 new energy vehicle (NEV) brands, according to the latest retail figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The category covers electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
The brand sold 8,817 NEVs in October 2026, after ranking fourth in September.
BYD led the October rankings with 250,301 NEV sales and a 22.4% market share, followed by Geely with 131,708 sales and an 11.8% share. Leapmotor ranked third with 83,573 NEVs.
Nio recorded 34,030 sales and Li Auto sold 27,018 vehicles over the same month.
Xiaomi Auto climbed from ninth to sixth place with 50,123 sales. Its 25.3% increase over September was the strongest monthly growth among the top 10 NEV brands, and its sales rose 3.0% year over year.
Tesla also slipped in the year-to-date rankings, falling from fifth to seventh for January through October. It sold 389,905 NEVs in China over that period, down 15.0% from the same period last year.
Xiaomi returned to the top 10 with 336,613 sales, while BYD led the rankings with 1.945 million NEVs. In a separate EV innovation ranking, Tesla fell from sixth to 11th in October’s long-term standings.
China’s overall passenger car market contracted 27.1% year over year in October to 1,643,000 sales. NEV sales fell 13.7% to 1,109,000, but their share of passenger car retail sales reached a record 67.5%, according to the source report.
The figures are reported from a publisher article that has not been independently verified.
