Deliveries of China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles were up 47.5% from February.

Chinese rival BYD, with its Dynasty and Ocean series of EVs and plug-in hybrids, sold 302,459 vehicles last month, a 46% increase from a year earlier and its second-highest monthly sales tally after December.

(Reporting by Qiaoyi Li and Brenda Goh; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)