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2019 is an extremely busy year for Musk, and after attending the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Tesla Super Factory in January, he will personally go to Europe to "sell" cars. Tesla CEO Musk announced his European itinerary on Twitter today, saying he would visit Tesla's European headquarters in Amsterdam and Oslo and visit its service department in Norway.

Some media speculated that Musk's move was aimed at public relations for Tesla Model 3 and personally visiting Europe to please European consumers.

Musk's eagerness to sell his own Model 3 can be seen from the dynamics of his Twitter updates, when he did not announce his trip to Europe, Musk posted a photo of a truck transporting Tesla on Twitter, which was located in Tilburg, Netherlands, and the Belgian port city of Zeebrugge.

According to Tesla official statistics, Tesla sold 245240 vehicles in 2018, of which Model 3 sold 145846 vehicles, accounting for half of the country, and Model S and Model X sold 99394 vehicles.

In terms of model sales, Model 3 sales are key to Tesla's profitability this year. Tesla's dominance of electric vehicles is being challenged in the face of pressure from major automakers such as Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes and BMW to produce electric vehicles. In 2018 and before, Tesla had few competitors for electric cars priced at $60,000 and above, and now Tesla needs a high-volume model to maintain its dominance.

Tesla will focus on developing the Chinese and European auto markets in 2019, sparing no effort to reduce vehicle manufacturing costs. Recently, Tesla's full model in the United States dropped $1100 dynamic, it is Tesla wants to make Model 3 as soon as possible for the majority of consumers to accept the performance.

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