HONG KONG—Tesla had a big jump in deliveries from its Gigafactory in Shanghai in August after upgrading its assembly lines, but the American EV maker continues to fall behind Chinese rival BYD in the world’s biggest auto market.
Tesla China’s deliveries from the plant, which makes the Model Y and Model 3, totaled almost 77,000 last month, nearly tripling from July and up 74% from a year earlier, according to data released Thursday by the China Passenger Car Association. More than 42,000 of those deliveries were exports, the association said.
