Tesla Shanghai

The Tesla China website has released the China-made Model Y configurator, which users can choose from with 2 models, the long-range all-wheel drive version and the Performance version, with a pre-order price of RMB 488,000 (about $70,000) - RMB 535,000.

The China-made Model Y will begin rolling off the production line at the Shanghai Gigafactory in early 2021, cls.cn cited an unnamed Tesla executive as saying on August 20.

With the world's largest electric car market - China's market competition intensified in July, China-made Tesla car registrations decreased compared to the previous month.

Tesla set up an insurance brokerage company in China on August 6 with a registered capital of 50 million yuan, regulatory documents show.

Driven by Tesla's production, Shanghai's output of new energy vehicles reached 70,400 units in the first half of the year, soaring 126.9 percent year-on-year, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lauded the “smart” and “hard working people” of China while lamenting the “entitled” and “complacent” character of people in the United States in a podcast published on Friday.

Tesla announced on Weibo on Saturday that the purple Model 3 and Model X, which appear in Tencent's hit gaming title Game for Peace, have arrived in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Suzhou, and Xi'an, and can be visited by anyone interested.

According to the latest new energy vehicle catalog released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), 332 models, including two models produced by Tesla (Shanghai), have been included in the catalog.

Starting this month, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), China's largest automotive lithium-ion battery maker, will supply power batteries for Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory, the Beijing News quoted CATL sources as saying.

Tesla's in-car system was updated in June with a version that allows the driving visuals to show more objects, including stoplights, stop signs and selected road markings.