Something worth mentioning: BYD Deputy General Manager Li Yunfei, said in event that Tesla entering China is a good thing for BYD and it does not compete with BYD market segments.
In 2004 in Beijing Auto show, BYD exhibited concept of pure electric vehicle, but it was treated as a joke. After 10 years the electric vehicles are becoming the biggest highlight in China. He pointed out that the second half of 2013 the perception for the new energy vehicles has improved further and the participation of Tesla is playing important role.
http://money.163.com/14/0521/10/9SOUHO9R00253B0H.html
Tesla has underlined they are not competing with BYD but with foreign manufacturers and now it’s confirmed from the other side.
After all the fact that even local manufacturers do not see Tesla as competition is really positive in my opinion and it will have additional effect on Tesla reputation in China.
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By the way there is wide media coverage for the 60kWh option. A lot of articles and social media attention which is not actually something new as each news for Tesla is translated and reported in China and in my personal sense there are a lot more articals per news in China than outside.