Data published by the U.K.’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed Tesla’s new car sales dropped by nearly 60% to 987 units last month, down from 2,462 a year ago.

BYD sold 3,184 units in the U.K. in July, more than quadrupling its sales from a year ago. The company enjoyed similar success in Germany, notching a year-on-year sales uptick of nearly 390%.

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    5 days ago

    CNBC, the plural of Tesla is Teslas. As in “110 Teslas were sold in Germany”. The apostrophe is used for something tgat belongs to Tesla like “Tesla’s CEO is a Nazi”.

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      5 days ago

      Are you referring to ‘Tesla’s new car sales’? Because the possessive apostrophe is correct. Tesla is the name of the company, and it’s about their (possessive) new car sales.

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        5 days ago

        It’s in the article

        “The number of Tesla’s sold in Europe’s largest economy over January-July, meanwhile, plunged by 57.8% to 10,000 units,”