Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2014-06-17
A Tesla car on display at the 2nd China International Technology Fair in Shanghai, Apr. 24. (File photo/Xinhua) |
US electric
carmaker Tesla Motors has decided to offer open licenses for its patents in
order to push for the development of the sector, the company's top executive in
China told Guangzhou's 21st Century Business Review magazine.
Veronica
Wu, vice president of Tesla's China operations, said the electric car market
was still in its early stages, and opening access to its patent would bring in
more people to work in this area.
"We
want more new players to enter, the more the better, in order to compete with
the traditional forces," Wu stated.
Tesla is
not afraid of competition, according to Wu, because the company believes that
many different brands and models are needed to boost the electric car market
and replace all vehicles running on fossil fuels.
"If a
company is no longer competitive after a certain number of years, it must bow
out of the market," Wu said. "So it is okay. Our mission is to push
for the development of the (new energy car) market."
In China,
Tesla has seen a good start in Beijing and Shanghai after entering the local
market over six months ago, Wu said, noting that that company's vehicles have
been certified as new energy cars in Shanghai, making it easy for owners to
obtain a license plate.
Tesla plans
to work on expanding its service centers and charging stations in China, mainly
in larger cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and
Chongqing, Wu said.
Tesla will
also work with local businesses in order to speed up efforts to build charging
stations across the country, following its recent announcement about such
partnerships with property developer Soho China and shopping mall operator
China Yintai Holdings, Wu added.
The company
is even willing to set up a charging stand at parking spaces vendors owned around
their shops, regardless of the size of their businesses, Wu told the magazine.
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