Tesla Records Its Best Sales Week Of The Year So Far In China As Bulls Flock To Poke Holes In Mark Rober’s FSD-Denigrating Video

At a time when nothing seems to be working for Tesla, the Model Y Juniper is acting as a godsend for the struggling EV giant, managing to keep its sales afloat even as the company suffers from brand image deterioration, which is largely a function of Elon Musk's outsized role in Trump administration 2.0, and a slew of critical commentary on FSD from a number of famous YouTubers.

To wit, Tesla registered 15,300 insured units last week in China, clinching the best sales week of the year so far in the world's largest EV market.

What's more, the newly introduced Model Y Juniper is now playing a critical role in keeping Tesla's sales afloat, managing to narrow down the ongoing quarter's deficit to just -4.4 percent year-over-year. However, on a quarter-on-quarter basis, Tesla is still running a sales deficit of 38.2 percent.

Of course, Tesla's introduction of a 3-year, 0 percent financing rate for the Model Y Juniper is likely to have played an important role at the margins to create some much-needed sales momentum for the EV giant in China.

While Tesla's sales momentum appears to be improving, albeit gradually, the stock has been hammered lately by the critical commentary on FSD from famous YouTubers.

Out of these, Mark Rober's testing of the FSD has proved to be the most carnage-inducing. For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Rober recently pitted Tesla's FSD against a vehicle equipped with Luminar Technologies's LiDAR, with the latter easily outperforming in the simulated fog and torrential downpour environments.

Of course, the fact that Rober's video was sponsored by Luminar has not sat well with much of Tesla's fan base. Rober later posted a snippet of his YouTube video on X, attracting a slew of critical comments from Tesla-focused furus, including allegations of multiple takes and a timestamp mismatch for Autopilot activation, hinting at a much more choreographed testing environment.

Meanwhile, Tesla's nemesis in China, BYD, has emerged to rub the proverbial salt on the EV giant's wounds by announcing a new 1MW charging platform that is capable of adding a range of 400kms (250 miles) on a 5-minute charge. BYD plans to roll out 4,000 of these chargers across China in the initial stage alone.

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