Reuters reported that the Chinese automaker BYD surpassed Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in EV sales in Europe for the first time, according to a report by JATO Dynamics. In April, BYD registered 7,231 BEVs in Europe,

When you look at sales at the brand level, things get a little worse for the American automaker. Volkswagen sold more EVs than anyone else in Europe last month, increasing by 61 percent to 23,514 units. As for Tesla? It fell to 11th place, with just 7,165 sales in total, a 49 percent decrease year on year.

Despite the EU's imposition of tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, registrations of such cars increased 59% in April from a year earlier.