Tesla Motors Posts Strongest Quarterly Sales This Year in China

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Tesla Motors Inc. posted the strongest quarterly sales in China this year for the three months ended September, as it prepares to begin sales of its Model X SUV next year.

Tesla sold 1,345 units in China in the third quarter, after selling 797 vehicles in the first and 883 units in the second, for a total of 3,025 units in the first nine months of the year, said Gary Tao, the company’s Beijing-based spokesman. The numbers were first disclosed by Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk to Chinese media during a trip to Beijing last week.