SINGAPORE – Elon Musk, Tesla Inc. of which he is on the defensive in China, praised the country’s plans to combat carbon emissions and grow its economy, saying it will become the carmaker’s largest market in the long run.
In a brief interview with Chinese state television published three days after trying to reassure Chinese politicians about concerns that the company’s vehicles posed a risk to national security, Tesla’s chief executive said he was impressed. for the carbon emission targets set in the last five countries of the country. -year of economic and social plan that was agreed at the beginning of the month.
“I would like to make an optimistic note and I am very confident that China’s future will be great and that China is heading towards being the world’s largest economy and much prosperity in the future,” he said. he told state broadcaster China Central Television in an interview clip released Tuesday.
“In the long run, China will be our largest market, both where we manufacture the maximum number of vehicles and where we have more customers,” he added.
China accounted for about one-fifth of Tesla’s global revenue of $ 31.5 billion in 2020, according to public records. The United States is its largest market, with sales of $ 15.2 billion.