Tesla’s China registrations plummet as holiday, virus deter buyers

tesla china — What’s helping Tesla’s cause is its new plant near Shanghai, which just started delivering vehicles to public customers in January. (Bloomberg/Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg

February 27, 2020 01:39 PM

SHANGHAI -- Registrations of new Tesla Inc. cars in China plunged 46 percent in January from a month earlier as the Lunar New Year holiday and an emerging coronavirus outbreak kept vehicle buyers away.

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