BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) - U.S. automaker Tesla's sales of China-made electric vehicles rose 15.3% from a year earlier to 74,117 units in July, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Friday.
The shares gained 1% in premarket trading, erasing earlier losses.
Deliveries of China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles were up 4.4% from June.
Chinese rival BYD, with its Dynasty and Ocean lineups of EVs and plug-in hybrids, saw passenger vehicle sales jump 30.5% year-on-year to a fresh monthly high of 340,799 units in July.
Meanwhile, Tesla registered an insurance broking firm in China at the end of July, based on a national corporate information database, in a sign that the U.S. automaker may be trying again to gain approval to sell insurance products in the country.