Recently, the United States has been in response to the mainland's so-called "overcapacity" problem, after seeing the mainland's resolute opposition, the United States has introduced a policy for the mainland's new energy vehicles.
But what the United States did not expect was that just after Blinken's visit to China, Tesla's founder and CEO Elon Musk hurriedly visited China, so what is the purpose of his visit to China, and what impact will it have on China's electric vehicle industry?
The United States has been sending senior domestic officials to visit China recently, but whether it is Treasury Secretary Yellen or Secretary of State Blinken, their visits to China have one purpose, that is, to target the so-called "China's overcapacity".
Even during Yellen's visit to China, she made verbal threats to the mainland on the so-called "overcapacity", saying that the United States is very concerned about this issue and demanding that the mainland give up the three major industrial trump cards.
Regarding such behavior by the United States, mainland Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 24th that Western countries accuse China of "overcapacity", and this kind of hype has no reason in the slightest, and the mainland resolutely opposes it.
It is important to know that new energy will be a major trend, and the international community has been emphasizing the goal of achieving carbon neutrality, so that the development of new energy will not stop.
Moreover, the international community is facing a serious shortage of new energy, so the mainland has vigorously developed the new energy industry, which has also helped countries alleviate the energy crisis and made great contributions to the global green and low-carbon transformation.
However, the United States has given the mainland a "overcapacity" hat, which is completely a manifestation of protectionism, you must know that the mainland's export volume of electric vehicles is much lower than that of major auto producers such as Japan, South Korea and Germany.
Moreover, the price of automobiles exported from the mainland is also very reasonable, not too high compared with domestic ones, and it is also very in line with the market law compared with similar cars, so there is no dumping problem at all.
However, the United States still adheres to the so-called "overcapacity" theory, and also cooperates with Europe to export new energy vehicles to the mainland.
According to a report by Sina Finance, the European Commission intends to launch a countervailing investigation into Chinese electric vehicles, and they believe that the price of Chinese electric vehicles is too low, which makes the relevant European market "distorted".
The United States has also announced an investigation into electric vehicles manufactured by the mainland in the name of threatening national security, and has insisted on implementing restrictions on the mainland's electric vehicle trade without any evidence.
The mainland also gave a strong response to this, claiming that their behavior did not comply with WTO international trade rules, and also seriously disrupted the global automobile industry chain and supply chain, harming the interests of global consumers.
However, what the United States did not expect was that when the United States was vigorously sanctioning new energy vehicles in the mainland, Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Tesla, came to the mainland for a visit.
It can be said that Musk's behavior has directly attracted the attention of many countries in the world, especially our neighbor India, you must know that Musk is going to visit India before.
According to a report by the global network on April 29, Musk announced a postponement of his visit to India about a week before his visit to China, and the reason given at that time was that he was too busy to go.
India's "Business Today" website bluntly said on the 28th that although it has been rumored that Musk's visit to India is to announce the establishment of a Tesla factory in India, it is foreseeable that there is still a lot of uncertainty in the future.
The purpose of Musk's visit to China is to promote the implementation of Tesla's fully self-driving FSD system in the mainland, and wants to seek permission from the Chinese side to allow Tesla's data collected in China to be transmitted to foreign countries for training.
You must know that all the information collected by Tesla is kept in Shanghai, and since 2021, no data has been transmitted to the United States.
According to a report by the Financial Associated Press on April 28, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and the National Computer Network Emergency Technology Processing and Coordination Center issued a notice.
According to the notice, all the models produced by Tesla's Gigafactory in Shanghai meet compliance requirements, and Tesla has introduced a third-party authority to audit the company's information security management system and pass the certification of the security management system.
And during this visit to China, Musk said that he is a super fan of China and likes China very much, and explained that Tesla did not participate in the Beijing Auto Show, he said that this is because Tesla does not participate in the American Auto Show.
However, the relevant media noticed that although Tesla has never participated in the auto show, it said during this visit to China that it was very happy to see the progress made by China's electric vehicles, and claimed that future cars will be electrified.
It can be said that Tesla's development in China is very good, which can be called a successful example of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation, and Tesla has also passed the national data security compliance requirements, so the ban may be lifted.
You must know that in the past, because Tesla had a sentinel mode, many places did not allow Tesla's cars to enter, and such news also attracted a lot of attention at the time.
Although Tesla also said later that the sentry mode needs to be manually turned on by the owner and is a protection for the vehicle, there are still many places where Tesla is not allowed to enter.
However, this official announcement, including Tesla, 76 models meet the 4 compliance requirements of automotive data security, does this also mean that Tesla's ban on driving and parking may be lifted?
Bibliography:
Jiemian News - April 29, 2024 "Musk's visit to China opens the boast mode: I am a super fan of China, and I am very happy to see the development of electric vehicles in China"
Finance Associated Press - April 28, 2024 "Tesla Passes All 4 Requirements for National Automotive Data Security"
Global Network - April 29, 2024 "Musk's sudden visit to China attracts attention, British media: intended to promote the landing of Tesla's FSD system in China"