Elon Musk Meets Chinese FM In Beijing
Sumaira FH Published May 30, 2023 | 05:10 PM
Beijing, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th May, 2023 ) :Elon Musk met China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Tuesday, the ministry said, on the Tesla CEO's first trip to the country since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
China is the world's biggest electric vehicle market, and Tesla announced in April it would build a second massive factory in Shanghai.
Qin told Musk that China was "committed to creating a better market-oriented, rule-of-law-based and internationalised business environment" for foreign enterprises, his ministry said on its website.
The statement also quoted Musk as saying: "Tesla opposes 'decoupling and breaking chains', and is willing to continue to expand its business in China".
Musk's ties to China have raised eyebrows in Washington, with US President Joe Biden saying in November that the executive's links to foreign countries were "worthy" of scrutiny.
Qin and Musk spoke about relations between China and the United States, with Qin saying the two countries should "apply the brakes in a timely manner to avoid dangerous driving", according to the readout.
The battery factory announced in April will be Tesla's second factory in Shanghai after Gigafactory, which broke ground in 2019.
Tesla has hit its stride after years of losses, scoring an impressive string of earnings records as it has added factories and ramped up production.
The company has also acted as a major catalyst for a revolution in transportation, with much of the automobile sector's innovation efforts moving away from the internal combustion engine towards EVs.
Even with that success, Musk has fallen short of some of his outsized goals.
Tesla reported a drop in first-quarter earnings this year, with the company undertaking a series of price cuts amid competition from other automakers.
Tesla's lowest-priced vehicle, the Model 3, begins at more than $40,000 in the United States -- too pricey for many consumers even though the vehicle had been pitched at the mass market.
Musk has also missed his own deadlines for a fully autonomous vehicle, with Tesla driver-assistance technology spurring US regulatory probes.
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