Red alert: Tesla vehicle orders in China almost halve last month

Tesla shares are sliding deeper into the red.

Vehicle orders in China fell by nearly half last month.

A report with Information, citing a single source familiar with the data, said monthly net orders in China dropped to below ten thousand in May, from more than 18,000 in April.

Tesla shares dropped more than 5 percent on Thursday as a result.

The Tesla factory in Shanghai is supposed to have the capacity to make around half a million electric cars a year, and is intended to make cars for China and export to other parts of Asia and Europe.

It’s the latest blow for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company, that has been grappling with recalls and safety investigations in China, Including how Tesla handles consumer concerns about the safety and quality of its cars..

Tesla’s battle in China also includes competing with other Chinese Electric vehicle makers such as Nio.

A supply chain issue, impacting electric car maker Tesla is seeing prices for EV’s rise

Earlier this week, Tesla boss Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that Supply chain pressures across the auto industry, particularly for raw materials is the reason for the dramatic increase in price.

Musk was responding to an unverified Twitter account that questioned why the carmaker was raising its prices

Tesla has increased the prices of its Model 3 and Model Y electric cars five times in a matter of months.