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Also: Model Y confirmed for 2019-2020, a crossover based on Model 3.
Making the lineup S3XY
Also, a Tesla Semi truck will be revealed soon and a Pickup is also coming.
Making the lineup S3XY
Also, a Tesla Semi truck will be revealed soon and a Pickup is also coming.
After months of*speculation, it’s now apparently official. According to the*Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Tesla will build its first factory outside the US in the free trade zone outside Shanghai, China. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say the factory will be Tesla’s first factory in China. If the market for electric cars continues to soar, as Chinese officials hope it will, there could be other Tesla factories in China in the future.
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But —*there’s always a “but,†isn’t there?*— not having a local partner means the cars produced in China will still be subject to the same 25% tariff that applies to all cars imported into China. Tesla apparently feels that not sharing its technology with a local company is worth more than avoiding the 25% fee would be. The question now is whether other manufacturers will follow Tesla’s lead and build factories in China without a local partner
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But —*there’s always a “but,†isn’t there?*— not having a local partner means the cars produced in China will still be subject to the same 25% tariff that applies to all cars imported into China. Tesla apparently feels that not sharing its technology with a local company is worth more than avoiding the 25% fee would be. The question now is whether other manufacturers will follow Tesla’s lead and build factories in China without a local partner
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