HONG KONG -- Car sales in China declined 36% in April from a year earlier, the worst fall in more than two years, as weekslong anti-Covid lockdowns in parts of the country shutter factories, disrupt supply chains and keep car buyers at home.
Passenger-car sales in April tumbled to 1.04 million vehicles, the China Passenger Car Association said Tuesday, while production fell even more sharply, by 41%, to 969,000 vehicles.
Among those hardest hit were Tesla Inc., Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Co. Last month, Tesla sold just 1,512 cars made at its Shanghai plant, down 94% from a year ago and far below the more than 65,000 it sold in March, according to data from the association.