{"id":143441,"date":"2026-01-02T14:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143441"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:47:33","slug":"tesla-dethroned-by-chinas-byd-as-worlds-top-ev-maker-amid-musks-politics-tax-credit-woesunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143441","title":{"rendered":"Tesla dethroned by China\u2019s BYD as world\u2019s top EV maker amid Musk\u2019s politics, tax credit woesUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostTesla lost its crown as the world\u2019s bestselling electric vehicle maker (EV) on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk\u2019s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.<br \/>\nTesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9 per cent from a year earlier.<br \/>\nChinese rival BYD, which sold 2.26 million vehicles last year, is now the world\u2019s largest EV maker.<br \/>\nFor the fourth quarter, sales totalled 418,227, falling short of the 440,000 that&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3338573\/tesla-dethroned-chinas-byd-worlds-top-ev-maker-amid-musks-politics-tax-credit-woes?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostTesla lost its crown as the world\u2019s bestselling electric vehicle maker (EV) on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143441"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}