After a heavy breakthrough, the recent news that Tesla will be established in Shanghai, a wholly-owned factory.National Ministry of Commerce spokesman pointed out that the current Tesla is with the relevant departments of the Shanghai Municipal Government to communicate.In addition, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers Vice President Dong Yang also publicly said that the new energy vehicles will limit the share of the stock, the earliest to next year will allow foreign investment in new energy vehicles in the free trade area to establish a sole proprietorship.
Foreign investment in China to set the threshold or lower
Elon Musk has long planned to build a manufacturing plant in China, and in January 2014, he told the Chinese media that Tesla would build a manufacturing plant in China to supply China's demand.
Three years ago, the plan has not yet landed, Tesla face the primary problem is whether to establish a joint venture with Chinese enterprises in accordance with China's relevant policies, foreign car companies in China and local enterprises need to establish a joint venture company , And the Chinese share of the share ratio can not be less than 50%, while Tesla's strategic planning is the need for a global market to establish a wholly owned factory, in addition to the current US-owned super-factory, Tesla in Europe and China There are plans to build new plants.
In June this year, foreign media reported that Tesla will build factories in Shanghai, and will form a joint venture with the Shanghai port, then the news was denied by Shanghai port, but Tesla insisted that by the end of this year, Slawn's plans to produce cars in China will be clearer.
The last week, the United States, "Wall Street Journal" reported that Tesla has reached an agreement with the Chinese government in Shanghai, will be in the Shanghai Free Trade Area Construction (Shanghai World Trade Center) reported that Tesla has reached an agreement with the Chinese government in Shanghai, Production facilities. At the same time, Tesla China also told the media that in order to better serve the Chinese market, Tesla is working with the Shanghai municipal government to explore the possibility of building factories in the region.
Although the Shanghai municipal government has cautiously said that there is no agreement on the establishment of a wholly-owned factory in Tesla in the Shanghai Free Trade Area, but the Ministry of Commerce press spokesman confirmed that the current Tesla is actively communicating with the Shanghai municipal government, for strategic Investment in emerging areas, he said, welcomed the attitude, according to the spirit of the nineteenth, a substantial relaxation of market access.
Owned enterprises in the free trade area construction is still tariffs
Last week, Dong Yang, executive vice president of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said publicly that 'the share of new energy vehicles will be relaxed, and the first to allow foreign - invested new energy vehicles to establish wholly - owned companies in the free trade area next year.'
Tesla will become the first foreign investment in China Free Trade Zone, a wholly foreign-owned foreign companies.
It is understood that in order to avoid the relevant policies in China on foreign auto companies to build a joint venture, Tesla or will be built in the Shanghai Free Trade Area, as a price, Tesla still faces 25% tariff.Never, This is also the first time the Chinese government has allowed automakers to establish wholly foreign-owned auto factories in China.
According to industry analysis, Tesla in the free trade area to build factories, is still off the model, tariffs, value-added tax and many, but there are many advantages in terms of cost, including transportation costs, spare parts procurement costs and labor costs. Moreover, Tesla in China after the construction of factories, will be faster and more timely understanding of the needs of the Chinese market, to better serve the Chinese consumers.
According to the reporter learned that the recent, Tesla has launched a large-scale campus recruitment, the total number of posts close to 500. The Tesla recruitment direction mainly for sales, after sales, engineering and IT, the region is located in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou, Wuhan and most of the first and second tier cities.
Although Tesla's round of recruitment does not have jobs related to the construction of the factory or manufacturing, the industry believes that this is Tesla's further large-scale development of the signal in China, or for Tesla domestic pre-bedding.
Beijing News reporter Wang Yafei