According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on April 27, Tesla's revenue in the mainland market reached $4.65 billion in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 52.8% year-on-year. Sources said Tesla sold 310,000 cars worldwide, and they delivered 182,200 cars in the mainland market, making Musk a lot of money. After the White House learned that Musk made billions of dollars, they reminded Musk to be careful, and the White House also specifically emphasized that Musk must guarantee the interests of the United States.
In recent years, Musk has been labeled with a lot of cool labels, and some people even think that Musk is the real version of "Iron Man", and after Musk launched the "Starlink Project", many people believe that it has changed the traditional communication transmission mode. Musk is indeed a successful businessman, he knows where the hot spots of business development are, but he is not a "tech fanatic", and these labels are not appropriate for him.
After Musk set up a Tesla factory in the mainland, the global epidemic broke out, but our domestic epidemic was quickly effectively controlled, the production of Tesla vehicles was not affected, and the demand for Tesla cars in our domestic market was also very large, so Tesla's revenue in China reached billions of dollars. After the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the demand for new energy vehicles in the United States has increased rapidly, because the people in the United States are unwilling to continue to bear the pressure of rising gasoline prices, they choose Tesla cars to save money, so Tesla's sales report card in the first few months of 2022 is very beautiful.
People familiar with the matter said that the White House reminded Musk to be careful of the Beijing authorities, which they deliberately did, because the White House wanted to use this means to shake the confidence of some overseas investors and make them afraid to invest in the mainland. In fact, the Western countries are the least contractual, they will not only sabotage cooperation agreements, but also use various reasons to rob foreign investors of the benefits obtained in their own countries. Musk's "Starlink Project" was set by the US military, and in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Musk was not kind enough to provide "Starlink" support for Ukraine, he just wanted to test the effect of "Starlink" in actual combat.
Analysts pointed out that the mainland welcomes overseas investors, but these investors must abide by the mainland's laws and regulations, and they cannot harm our national interests in the name of cooperation. Tesla will start paying taxes to the mainland in 2023, and the taxes they need to pay are about $324 million per year, and judging from Tesla's sales in the mainland in the first quarter, the company is already profitable. Experts believe that our domestic electric vehicle companies also need to expand the domestic and foreign markets, the mainland is working hard to promote the development of clean energy, and the use of electric vehicles can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so this field is worth deepening.