Tesla Charging Partner Program to accelerate the adoption of the national charging standard in the country. During the Q&A session, Straubel was asked by Beijing's China Daily reporter how he felt about the lack of harmonization of car charging standards, precisely in China after Tesla announced it will launch theto accelerate the adoption of the national charging standard in the country.

Straubel expressed his disappointment and frustration that every region wants to have its own standard rendering the goal of a unifying standard worldwide moot.









On whether Tesla will build a factory in China any time soon. JB was hesitant to confirm and reminded the reporter that it only makes sense after the market has reached critical mass.





Last year, Jordanian Manaseer Group installed three Supercharging stations in Irbird, Qatrana and Aqaba. Even though Tesla still does not show those superchargers on their map.

Elon Musk did confirm their presence through a tweet last year and announced more to come in the region by this year. More than 100 Tesla vehicles are alleged to be driving in Jordan already.

In addition, Tesla is looking to expand its charging network and retail stores in the Balkan peninsula and further to Turkey this year after registering their business at the Turkish Chamber of Commerce in 2015. It is still unknown how the future of Tesla will play out in the Middle East due to the region's extreme instability. Tesla has yet to even announce its expansion into the Israeli market where electrification of the transport sector is starting to pick up pace.

Earlier this week, Tesla CTO JB Straubel was invited on thepanel of the International Transport Forum 2016 in the German city of Leipzig to discuss everything from Tesla to sustainable energy and transport. Tesla has 87 Supercharger stations and 496 Destination Charging centers in China . However, they are not based on the new national standard. Tesla might adjust these charging networks for interconnection compatibility with varying standards and develop new charging infrastructure in the country. Current Model S owners in China are voicing their concerns that the new standard will add additional costs to converting or acquiring new adapters in order to use Tesla's chargers.When asked if Tesla will expand to U.A.E. as well, Straubel reiterated