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Another aspiring Chinese Tesla: NextEV and its founder William Li

Green Car Reports

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Tesla Motors should feel very flattered indeed. The Silicon Valley carmaker's success has spurred a number of Chinese investors and tech entrepreneurs to start rival electric-car companies. One of those potential rivals is NextEV, which emerged into public view last year.

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BMW loses electric-car staff to Chinese startup, says it's unaffected

Green Car Reports

Many have been inspired by Tesla Motors, and hope to follow in the Silicon Valley company's tire tracks by offering products radically different from those of established automakers. Now one Chinese company has poached an employee team from an.

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Struggling Saab Now Valued At Just One-Fifth Of Tesla Motors

Green Car Reports

The latest rescuer is the little-known Chinese carmaker Hawtai Motor Group, which will invest 120 million euros ($177 million) in Spyker Cars NV, the Dutch company that owns the Swedish brand. Saab fans all over the world are looking anxiously at a company that says it's pulled itself back from the brink of death.

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Tesla to promote Chinese national electric-car charging standard

Green Car Reports

To date, Tesla Motors has offered its buyers the company's Supercharger DC fast-charging standard, which presently charges more quickly than the CHAdeMO or Combined Charging Standard (CCS) systems used by other carmakers. In China, though, Tesla is now on board with a new national standard for electric-car charging.

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Elon Musk confirms Tesla’s $1.4 billion loan for Giga Shanghai was paid off early

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter several days ago that the company’s $1.4 On October 4, 2021, @jpr007 , a Tesla enthusiast on Twitter, showed documentation that Tesla had officially paid off its entire $1.4 billion loan, which was granted from Chinese banks, in just sixteen months. on the Model Y.

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Tesla to build electric-car factory in Chinese free-trade zone: report

Green Car Reports

Tesla makes and sells only electric cars, and it aspires to become a volume automaker, meaning China is key to its future. The Chinese government effectively requires carmakers to manufacture in the country to.

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Tesla In Deal To Build 400 Charging Stations In China

Green Car Reports

The Chinese market has become vital for many global automakers. To others, like Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], it''s a way to promote your product to a vast and growing marketplace. Tesla has made a big commitment to China and is backing that up with a.' and Europe.

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