Tesla announces establishment of technology innovation center in Beijing

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Tesla (Beijing) Science and Technology Innovation Center was established in Beijing, mainly specializing in the R&D of electric vehicle, parts and accessories, batteries, energy storage device as well as information technologies, according to Robin Ren, Tesla global vice general president.

At the same time, Robin Ren introduced that China is the world's largest new energy vehicle market, while Beijing is Tesla's headquarter in China, Tesla's first stop to enter into China, and also one of Tesla's biggest markets in China.

On Oct. 18, 2017, Tesla registered "Tesla (Beijing) New Energy Research and Development Co., Ltd." in Chaoyang District, Beijing, also known as "Tesla Beijing Science and Technology Innovation Center."

According to Robin Ren, with the continuous growth of Tesla's business in China, Tesla established its first science and technology innovation center in Beijing, China in October 2017. As an important part of Tesla's global R&D system, the center mainly undertakes the R&D of new energy products.

A wide variety of colleges and universities abound in Beijing, endowing Beijing with advantageous resources in talents and technologies. Thanks to these world-class universities and research institutions in Beijing, Tesla will be able to make full use of Beijing's advantages in talent and innovation, Robin Ren added. In the future, cooperation between Tesla China and the Beijing Municipal Government will mainly focus on such areas as talent, energy storage and new energy. As Tesla expands its footprint in China in the future, Tesla (Beijing) Technology Innovation Center will also gradually expand its scale.

Robin Ren exposed that Tesla's products cover hardware, software, autopilot, energy storage of electric vehicles. Therefore, Tesla is actually a cross-border company, and its further cooperation with the Beijing Municipal Government will not be limited to new energy vehicles, energy storage and so on.

It is learned that apart from the Tesla (Beijing) Science and Technology Innovation Center, Tesla China headquarters, operations center, settlement center, and sales company have already settled in Beijing.

At the end of 2013, Tesla officially entered into the Chinese market. By far, seven experience centers and six service outlets have been established in Beijing. "We will not change Beijing's positioning as Tesla China's headquarters, which will play a comprehensive role in marketing, service, R&D and innovation." Robin Ren said. He also added that since China now is the largest electric vehicle market in the world and Tesla's largest overseas market outside the U.S., Tesla is eager to play its role as well as make its contribution in the world's largest electric vehicle market.