Chinahas become the largest market in the world in cars sales - annually are sold at 20 million vehicles, so ignore the needs of local customers manufacturers already can not. Specially created for the Chinese car models that are not found anywhere else. . China's own auto industry protects not only due to duties and taxes. Any wishing to organize an assembly production companies here need to establish a joint venture with someone of the home automakers. The result is that the Chinese have access to advanced technologies, they increasingly borrow legally, but the foreign partner has an opportunity to save money and increase the product sales volume .
According to the publication The Wall Street Journal, the problem of localization of production concerned Tesla Motors - one of the most successful manufacturers of electric vehicles. Speaking in China, Elon Musk this week said he wanted to organize the assembly of electric vehicles in the country, as this measure would reduce the cost of production for the end customer by almost a third. Now the Model S sedan in China is sold at a price of $ 106,000 including taxes. In the first nine months this year, Tesla was able to sell in China about three thousand electric sedans. The company believes that the possibility of selling in the country each year five thousand cars would be a success.
Elon Musk convinced that by 2030 more than half of the cars produced in the world run on electricity, and China will become the largest buyer . From this perspective, Tesla Motors of interest to the organization of the local assembly is quite understandable. Now a full-cycle electric Tesla collected only in the United States, Netherlands, the company assembles cars for the European market for large-method. Chinese consumers like to see Tesla products more friendly to the common standards in the country of charge.
The Chinese government provides incentives to owners of electric vehicles. Firstly, it is easier to get the right to buy a car - in the large cities there are certain quotas on the number of machines operated. Secondly, they will not be subject to the rules limiting the daily operation of the vehicle residents of large cities.
By the way, Elon Musk said this week that the possibility of exploitation of electric Tesla with elements obtained by the autopilot in all markets where they are sold officially, except for Japan, which is a little behind schedule. Previously, the brand operation of electric vehicles with these features was permitted only in the US.