Tao Lin responded to the rumor that Tesla built a factory in Qingdao: the location information on the network is not true.

Tao Lin, vice president of Tesla, said on her Weibo on November 3 that Tesla is very honored to contribute to the development of China's new energy industry and will continue to firmly increase investment in China. Recently, I have received a lot of media inquiries about the second factory, but I am afraid I cannot reply to them one by one. I would like to inform you that the current information on the network about the location of Tesla's second factory is not true. Thanks to all the friends who care about and support Tesla's development.

Tao Lin's Weibo message may be responding to the rumor that Tesla will build a second factory in Qingdao. Recently, some media reported that Tesla China has secretly signed a contract that its second factory in China will be located in Qingdao, Shandong's free trade zone. If all goes well, a new Tesla factory will appear in Qingdao West Coast New area in a year's time. Another source said that the relevant departments in Qingdao have made contact with Tesla's senior management in China, and have communicated with each other and will strive for the project to be settled in Qingdao.

It is understood that Qingdao has attracted SAIC GM Wuling, FAW Jiefang, Sinotruk, FAW-Volkswagen, BAIC New Energy and other vehicle companies to set up factories there. In addition, Qingdao is further improving the automobile industry chain. according to a report in Qingdao Daily in May this year, Qingdao issued a work plan for the development of the automobile industry chain, and a panorama and war map of the automobile industry chain were drawn, with the goal of 2025. The output value of the automobile industry chain exceeded 300 billion yuan.

In terms of attracting investment, Qingdao will focus on domestic and foreign key power battery, motor, electric control and power chip (IGBT) production enterprises to attract. In addition, Qingdao has the advantage of facing the sea, and the project of preparing annual battery-grade lithium carbonate from seawater desalination will provide important raw materials for lithium batteries, which is conducive to the layout of the upper reaches of the new energy vehicle battery industry chain and further improve the core facilities.