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For the current domestic market scale of new energy vehicles, compared with fuel models is still not large, but Tesla has achieved the goal of tens of thousands of monthly sales. Even so, Tesla plans to launch a smaller model than the Moedl 3 in order to further increase its domestic market share.

Tesla's Berlin and Shanghai superfactories will produce two different new electric models, both of which will be "original cars", meaning the two factories will design new cars for their respective markets, CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter on Sept. 28.

Tesla also announced at Battery Day that the newly designed model will be smaller than the Model 3 but still have enough battery life and is expected to be produced in the next three years at a price of about $25000.

According to previous news, Tesla's design center in China has been completed, and officials have recruited a number of designers, which means that Tesla's new model mainly for the Chinese market has reached a substantial stage. Musk has also said that this is a model designed around the Chinese market and will still be sold to the global market in the future.

With the increasing expansion of Tesla's Shanghai factory capacity, Tesla's business in the Chinese market is also growing. Next year, the Model Y SUV will also be made domestically, and the Chinese market will become one of Tesla's most important business areas in the world. The establishment of a design center is also a further measure for Tesla to localize and get close to Chinese users.

At present, Tesla sales in the domestic and even the global new energy vehicle market has an absolute advantage. According to the statistics of the Federation of passengers, Tesla sold 29684 vehicles in China in the second quarter of this year. Apart from the obvious downturn in April, Tesla has sold more than 10,000 cars for four consecutive months since May. With its Model 3 model alone, it is far ahead of other car companies' total sales.

Throughout the new energy market this year, the new energy market has gradually shifted from operating vehicles to private demand, and consumers of new energy models, either because of Tesla's "freshness" or economy, A00 models are cheaper and cheaper to recharge.

According to the national passenger car market analysis report of the Federation of passengers in August this year, Tesla sold 11800 vehicles in August, ranking third in the new energy passenger car market. The first place is SAIC GM Wuling, with sales of 18300 vehicles, and the second place is BYD. 14300. It is worth noting that thanks to the launch of SAIC GM Wuling's A00 class models, it has helped the brand achieve significant growth.

Earlier, foreign media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the soon-to-be "Sinicized" model will be $10, 000 cheaper than Model 3, taking into account that the price of the model will also be greatly reduced after Model is fully domesticated in the later stage, and the final price should be around 15-200000 yuan. Therefore, as Tesla's more entry-level models enter the domestic market, will they once again become a "popular style" under the brand?

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