Tesla confirmed the delivery of the China-made Tesla Model 3 will happen on Monday after media reports saying 15 Model 3 sedans will be delivered to employees.
At noon on Sunday, the information released by Tesla on Weibo showed that the Tesla Model 3 made in China will be delivered on December 30, 2019, and the place will be at the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory.
Bloomberg reported Friday that the Model 3 cars produced in China will be delivered to employees starting on December 30. The first deliveries are 15 Model 3 sedans.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has predicted Tesla will make at least 1,000 cars a week in Shanghai by the end of the year — a volume the company’s original factory in California spent months trying to hit — and has said a weekly rate of 3,000 is a target at some point.
Earlier on Friday, the China-built Model 3 was included on a list of vehicles qualifying for an exemption from a 10% purchase tax in the country.
Tesla said in October the locally built Model 3 will be priced from about $50,000. Further helping Tesla, the China-built model this month qualified for a government subsidy of as much as about 25,000 yuan ($3,600) per vehicle.
The Tesla Model 3 made in China has the Chinese word "Tesla" printed on the tail.
