The opening site of the Tesla Center in Urumqi. Issued by the Central Broadcasting Network
Urumqi, December 31 news (reporter Luo Cheng) On December 31, the Urumqi Tesla Center was officially opened in Midong Automobile City, becoming the first Tesla center in Xinjiang. Consumers in Urumqi and surrounding areas in Xinjiang will have more opportunities to get close to new energy vehicle products and jointly help the country achieve the "double carbon" goal.
On the same day, Xiao Lu, head of Tesla's northwest region, said that the Urumqi Tesla Center will provide users with more convenient one-stop services. With the help of Xinjiang's good new energy industry policy, Tesla will further gain development momentum in the northwest region, continue to spread the concept of "energy conservation and carbon reduction" to the west, and help ignite the development enthusiasm of Xinjiang's new energy vehicle market.
Urumqi Tesla Center opened ribbon-cutting. Issued by the Central Broadcasting Network
In recent years, Xinjiang attaches great importance to the development of the new energy automobile industry, and is actively studying the introduction of leading enterprises in new energy vehicles and other industries, supporting the development of new energy vehicle supporting industries, encouraging the research and development of charging facilities, promoting the energy conversion of new energy vehicles integrated with the smart grid, the research and development and industrialization of testing and maintenance technologies and equipment, while continuing to exempt new energy vehicles from vehicle purchase tax, and encouraging the consumption of new energy vehicles.
The reporter learned that Tesla has accelerated its layout in Xinjiang in recent years. At the end of 2020, the domestic section of Tesla's "Silk Road" charging line was fully connected. The line runs west from Xi'an to Urumqi, spanning 2,600 kilometers, with 11 Tesla charging stations on the way, including 8 Tesla supercharger stations including Jiuquan, Hami and Urumqi. In June this year, the supercharger station in Khorgos, Xinjiang, was also officially opened.
At present, Tesla has built 2 supercharger stations and 14 supercharger piles in Urumqi. In the whole territory, Tesla has built and opened 7 superchargering stations and 36 superchargering piles, with 6 destination charging stations and 12 destination charging piles. It is worth mentioning that the Xinjiang Duku Highway is known as the "most beautiful self-driving highway", tesla along the way arranged the Wusu super charging station and the Narathi grassland, Bayinbrook grassland, Kucha and Turks Bagua City four destination charging stations.
With the popularity of home charging piles and the compatibility of third-party charging piles, the rapid expansion and continuous improvement of charging networks, new energy vehicles will be charged worry-free during the journey, the convenient travel experience will be effectively improved, and local car owners and car owners who come to Xinjiang will have a greater sense of happiness.