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The Mercedes-Benz C-Class was No. 1 with 10,648 units sold, but down 34.1 percent from a year ago.

Nio's Singapore listing will make it the first EV maker in the world to list in three venues.

BYD's share reached 32.2 percent in April, narrowing the gap to 6.1 percentage points from CATL's 38.3 percent share.

Compared to the NEV market, China's overall auto market performed worse in April, with sales down 47.1 percent from March.

China is the world's largest market for new cars and electric vehicles and will account for 25 or 30 percent of Tesla's total business in the long run, Musk said.

The Leapmotor C01 is a sedan over 5 meters in length with a pre-sale price range of RMB 180,000 ($26,770) - 270,000.

As of press time, Nio was up 5.29 percent, Xpeng was up 5.79 percent, Li Auto was up 9.88 percent and BYD was up 6.05 percent.

The Glovis Splendor vehicle carrier with 4,767 Tesla vehicles departed from Shanghai's Nangang terminal to the Port of Koper in Slovenia.

Li Auto reported solid Q1 results while Q2 guidance was somewhat soft given uncertainty around the Covid recovery cadence.

The Denza D9 MPV will be available in a pure electric EV version as well as a DM plug-in hybrid version.