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The Wuhan owner, who was previously denied delivery by Tesla, finally managed to get his Model 3. However, the company denied his claim that he was blacklisted by Tesla in a statement.

On August 18, with the assistance of Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo and its merchant Yi Auto, the owner who was previously denied delivery and got his order cancelled by Tesla have successfully picked up his car and have insured it.

Tesla has sparked widespread concern in China for refusing to deliver to a buyer who purchased a Model 3 through Pinduoduo.

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.

A merchant on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo previously raised widespread concern by selling a Tesla Model 3 at a steep discount. Now, Tesla is refusing to sell it to them.

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 (Beijing) Co Ltd was recently fined 50,000 yuan ($7,220) by the Beijing Chaoyang District Market Supervision Administration.

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.

With Tesla's rapid development in China, many believe that the Tesla supply chain is the next Apple chain, which will create a rapid take-off of suppliers. But an opinion piece in the official media Securities Times today says that in reality, this idea is too simplistic.