Tesla is no longer the world's largest electric vehicle maker

’s no longer reigns as the world’s largest electric vehicle producer.

The firm is now in second place behind China-based BYD, an auto giant backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which outsold it in the first six months of this year.

BYD saw a 315 percent jump in sales from last year – it sold 640,000 electric vehicles, while Tesla delivered 564,000.

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