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STORY: Volkswagen reclaimed car sales dominance in China, the world's largest auto market, in the first two months of this year.Toyota also regained ground with both overtaking local electric vehicle champion BYD, which fell to fourth, amid fading subsidies for greener cars.VW's Chinese joint ventures with FAW and SAIC held a combined 13.9% share of the country's passenger vehicle market in sales terms followed by Geely with 13.8% and Toyota's joint ventures with GAC and FAW.The data on Friday came from the China Passenger Car Association.VW had previously struggled to catch up with local rivals in EVs.But the comeback came as purchase tax exemptions on electric cars expired and Beijing scaled back subsidies for trading in EVs.VW said on Friday it has begun mass production of its first model co-developed with Chinese partner Xpeng.Other data on Friday showed global EV registrations fell 11% in February, dragged by China's largest sales drop since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.It's also as governments worldwide hit the brake on policies designed to encourage purchases of electric cars.

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Global EV sales fell again in February as weaker demand in China and North America outweighed Europe’s gains.

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Tesla’s China-made electric vehicle sales increased sharply at the start of 2026, recovering part of the ground it had lost to domestic rival BYD in the world’s largest car market. Data released by the China Passenger Car Association showed that Tesla delivered significantly more vehicles from its…

Tesla's sales of its China-made electric vehicles rose more than 35% year over year in January and February to 127,728 units, up from 93,926 a year earlier, CNBC reported Friday, citing data from...

Sales of Tesla's China-made electric vehicles rose in the first two months of 2026, from the year before, regaining lost ground to China's BYD.