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Recently, some netizens revealed on social media that Ningde era forced manager-level employees to buy Tesla Model 3, and posted several photos, saying that Tesla is already parked under the science and technology building of Ningde Times Center. Some netizens who claimed to be employees said that the Ningde era allowed employees to make compulsory purchases in order to get rid of Tesla's inventory of "battery problems" as soon as possible.

In addition, another netizen provided more inside information. The netizen claimed to be an internal employee of the Ningde era. The cars that employees were forced to buy were "sold by Tesla to the Ningde era, and resold to the employees in the Ningde era." and require employees not to change license plates and resell them within a year. "

The netizen said that Ningde era began to launch preferential activities for employees to buy Tesla in March, when many employees were eager to give it a try. Later, I asked the relevant personnel to know that there was a problem with the new energy battery module in the production process of Tesla's preferential cars. Tesla did not want the problem cars, so he wanted to return the problem cars to the Ningde era. After Ningde era bought back this batch of problem cars, it directly launched the so-called preferential activities to the employees without mentioning the battery problems.

The netizen also said that the Ningde era launched a new "promotion" law. First, employees at the manager level are forced to buy Tesla Model 3 in the hands of the company; second, employees who have parking spaces in the underground garage, regardless of whether they are managers or not, need to give up parking spaces if they do not buy the Model 3 in the hands of the company.

The news soon attracted the attention of the market, and the netizen also quickly deleted the anonymous answer, and many netizens raised questions about the news.

In response to the news, the auto media "electric pickpocket" contacted the relevant person in charge of the Ningde era and received a response: "the purchase of Tesla by the company is to promote full electrification and encourage employees to buy electric cars at preferential prices, not limited to Tesla." including most of the brands we supply, this activity has been going on for three years. " At the same time, the official also revealed that the employee discount car purchase price is 199000, high-performance employees also have concessions, while for netizens to discuss the more heated discussion of "battery problems" and "compulsory purchase" issues, the person in charge said no.

Data show that from July 2020, Ningde era began to provide battery supply to Tesla's first model, Model 3. According to recent media reports, Tesla will launch a lithium iron phosphate version of Model Y in July, which is supplied by Ningde Times and may bring a new round of price cuts.

According to a research report released by Century Securities, according to the installed caliber, the top three customers in the Ningde era in 2020 are Lulai Automobile, Yutong bus, Xiaopeng Automobile and Tesla, of which Xiaopeng Motor and Tesla both ranked third. In the first quarter of 2021, Tesla became the biggest customer of Ningde era with 24%. It can be expected that with the expansion of cooperation with Tesla in Ningde era, Tesla's localization rate will be further provided, and Tesla will also expand its position in battery supply in Ningde era.

According to the Federation of passengers, Tesla sold 137459 vehicles in China in 2020 and Tesla sold 128588 vehicles in China from January to May 2021. Of course, what is different from last year is that the models sold by Tesla in China will also be sold all over the world, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other countries.

According to media reports, domestic Model Y may be exported to Europe in the third quarter of 2021. According to reports, Tesla will not export Model Y until the third quarter because the production capacity of Model Y will be greatly increased, and the Shanghai factory will be able to meet local orders while using some of its vehicles to meet the needs of foreign markets.

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