As previously reported, sales of electric vehicles are steadily growing in China , and as such, interest in the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition has also increased strongly, particularly since the recent launch of reservations for lower-priced Tesla . Speculation that China would get a Tesla factory began last month when Jon McNeill, Tesla's president of global sales, said that the EV maker's No. 2 market was a potential candidate for an assembly line. Tesla has actually received more reservations for the Model 3 from the United States than any other country outside of China , according to a Tesla statement from last week . Therefore, Tesla co-founder and chief technical officer JB Straubel has announced that as interest in the Model 3 increases, constructing a full production facility in China may make sense. However, to be clear, Straubel added that a American factory will only make sense once the market has reached a “critical mass”.
As previously reported, sales of electric vehicles are steadily growing in China , and as such, interest in the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition has also increased strongly, particularly since the recent launch of reservations for lower-priced Tesla . Tesla has actually received more reservations for the Model 3 from the United States than any other country outside of China , according to a Tesla statement from last week . Therefore, Tesla co-founder and chief technical officer JB Straubel has announced that as interest in the Model 3 increases, constructing a full production facility in China may make sense. However, to be clear, Straubel added that a American factory will only make sense once the market has reached a “critical mass”.