"I think something that would be super cool would be ... to create a China design and engineering centre to actually design an original car in China for worldwide consumption. The data could then be handed over to Tesla's vehicle engineers, who are mostly based in northern California. This push might lead to a more independent Tesla China, added the person, who has spent more than a decade in the country working at design centres run by global automakers, among other places. They account for about 10% of America's overall vehicle market. "A compact Tesla car would do well in China, as well as the rest of Asia and Europe," said Yale Zhang, head of Shanghai-based consultancy Automotive Foresight.

Source: bd News24 January 10, 2021 21:56 UTC