Chinese smartphone giant vivo announced on Monday that it has completed the digital adaptation of sensorless car keys with Tesla, and its functions will cover all models supporting Jovi InCar, including the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y.
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.
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.
In the first quarter of 2022, the 10 top-selling Chinese auto firms sold 5.586 million vehicles, accounting for 85.8% of entire industry, data from the China Association of Automotive Manufacturers showed on Tuesday.
Chinese smartphone maker OPPO announced on Tuesday through its official Weibo account that it has entered into a partnership with the Tesla China team to manufacture digital car keys.
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.
About a quarter of the employees at NIO's Auto Tech Research Center in Shanghai returned to work after a lapse of more than 20 days. After arriving at the factory, workers were under closed-off management.
On Friday, the China Consumers Association released its 2021 annual report on China's consumer rights protection, covering food security, automobiles, and other fields.
