13 American bloomberg reported that tesla was busy trains new production Model 3 to the Chinese market, the purpose is to catch on March 1 off as much as possible before the deadline of a trade war with China shop goods, avoid subsequent high tariffs effects that may occur.
it is reported that at least three ship carrying Model 3 models of the ship will arrive in China before the end of this month port each boat with two the length of a football field. One of the vessels or has arrived in China on Wednesday, the other two cargo ships arrived at Chinese ports of time or on the 19th of this month and 24, respectively. Although tesla's Shanghai plant has officially start construction, apparently also helps to reduce production costs and tariffs, but Chinese factories really launch hard earliest and end of this year.
bloomberg, even if the price of Model 3 compared with the previously introduced Model and Model S X have fallen sharply, but still much higher than local Chinese manufacturers of electric vehicles. In addition, a trade war could also push up the cost of Model 3.