Recently, a Chinese man who resembled Tesla's founder Elon Musk caused heated discussion on major social platforms in China. His accounts, however, on Weibo and ByteDance’s Douyin, have been banned.
Starting from May 23, 2022, Tesla will recall some Chinese-made Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles produced from October 19, 2021 to April 26, 2022, totaling 107,293 vehicles.
The vessel Glovis Splendor carrying 4,767 electric vehicles produced by Tesla's Shanghai plant departed on Wednesday from Shanghai's Nangang Port to overseas.
Tesla anticipates increasing the production capacity of its Shanghai Gigafactory to pre-lockdown levels around mid-May, but it has not disclosed specific target figures.
Tesla plans to add more shifts at its Shanghai Gigafactory from May 16, as it seeks to return production to levels before the city locked down to control the spread of COVID-19.
Tesla has confirmed plans to build a new production facility near its current factory in Shanghai's Lingang New Area, in order to expand production capacity.
Tesla is recalling 14,684 imported and locally made Model 3 vehicles in China due to problems with the software that could lead to collisions, according to an announcement of the State Administration of Market Supervision on Friday.
CARIAD, an automotive software company that is part of Volkswagen Group, announced on Thursday the establishment of a subsidiary in China, also publishing an official strategy for the country.
Beijing-based technology company Xiaomi announced Thursday that it has recently become the newest member of the board of directors for the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC).
In response to a rear-end collision at Beijing Capital Airport's second expressway on April 22, Tesla explained on Wednesday that data indicates the accident was caused by faulty operation by the driver.
According to information disclosed by Tesla to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, the electric vehicle firm's revenue in China in the first quarter this year totaled $4.65 billion.
Consulting firm Strategy Analytics on April 13 released a consumer research report on Chinese smartphone brands with operations in the United Kingdom, including Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Honor and OnePlus.
Indonesian tech giant GoTo Group officially made its debut on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) through an initial public offering (IPO) on Monday. The company's stock code is GOTO.
Shanghai lockdowns are having ripple effects on global supply chains, as factory workers and logistics personnel have been subjected to home quarantine and mass testing.
Tesla released a report on April 2 indicating that in Q1, 2022, it delivered more than 310,000 vehicles globally, up by 67.7% compared with its delivery of 184,800 vehicles in the same period last year.
Tesla has canceled plans to resume production at its Shanghai factory this weekend as the city launched a two-stage lockdown to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases.
