Chinese buyers Tesla Model S exempted from payment for state numbers

And in China, the fee for license plates for your car is many thousands of US dollars. For example, in Shanghai, a car buyer must pay the equivalent of 12 thousand dollars for his number. This is done for an understandable reason: in the major cities of China, atmospheric pollution by automobile emissions has reached its maximum values ​​for all time. All the rules have long been exceeded, smog - a familiar phenomenon for the cities of the Middle Kingdom.

And the authorities decided to limit the possibilities of car buyers by increasing the charge for state numbers. In this case, you can get a number either at auction or as a prize in a special lottery. And after that, the room will have to pay the above amount (which often exceeds the price of the car itself). But Tesla S buyers now have benefits - they get a car number for free.
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However, so far said only applies to Hangzhou, Shanghai and some other cities. Of course, Tesla didn’t do it here - representatives of the company have long been trying to negotiate cooperation with the authorities of the country, understanding that the market in China is simply gigantic. Now the Chinese authorities have met the company of Elon Musk. Representatives of this company are now trying to negotiate with authorities in other major cities about such benefits.

As for sales of Tesla S in China, the company began selling its cars in this country since April of this year, and so far sales are going quite smoothly (although the exact figures have not been disclosed).

Generally speaking, the idea to remove the payment for the state number for buyers of electric vehicles is a great idea. Probably, having heard of such a “stock”, the Chinese will start buying electric cars even more actively, and there are tens of millions of potential buyers in China. It remains only to wish Tesla success in the Chinese market.

Via bloomberg