Tesla is quickly scaling up its operations in China.

The company on Friday said it planned to begin delivering Model 3s in the country in March.

Tesla on Friday said it planned to start delivering Model 3 cars to customers in China in March, cementing a time frame the US electric-car maker's CEO, Elon Musk, tweeted about late last year.

The California-based firm, which aims to accelerate Chinese sales that have been hit hard by the impact of trade tension between Washington and Beijing, said in a statement that the starting price for a Model 3 in China would be 499,000 yuan, or $72,000.

Tesla cut prices for its Model 3 last month, the third time in the past two months in which the firm adjusted prices in China.

In November, Tesla cut the prices of its Model X and Model S in China by 12 to 26%.

(Reporting by Yilei Sun in Beijing and Adam Jourdan in Shanghai; Editing by Christopher Cushing)