Tesla Inc.’s vehicle shipments from its China plant declined for a seventh consecutive month, exacerbating the carmaker’s early-year slump.

China-made electric vehicles fell 6% year-on-year in April, as intense market competition continues to disrupt the automaker’s share of China's EV market. The Texas-based carmaker sold 58,459 China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in the month,

Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales fell 6% in April from a year earlier, extending declines for a seventh month, as the U.S. automaker grapples with intense competition from its Chinese rivals and a tarnished image in Europe.

Demand for the U.S. automaker’s vehicles slid amid stronger competition from Europe and China and rising anger at Elon Musk’s political forays.

Tesla Inc. sales kept sliding across Europe’s biggest electric-car markets in April, despite the company rolling out an updated version of its most popular vehicle.