IIA learned that in December 2020, Tesla Model 3 sales reached a new high, with a total of 23,804 vehicles were sold. The annual sales volume was 137,459 units, becoming the champion of China's NEV sales in 2020.

Tesla's sales growth is inseparable from the construction of the charging network. Tesla has built a dense charging network in China that spans east and west and across the north and south, becoming the earliest construction of charging pile projects in China and the largest number of self-owned charging piles, covering cities The most extensive new energy smart car company.

The latest data shows that as of January this year, Tesla has exceeded 700 super charging stations in China, with more than 5,700 super charging piles, and the charging network has covered 300 cities in mainland China. Among them, in 2020 alone, Tesla has opened up 410 super charging stations in China. Among them, 180 are V3 super charging stations. In December 2020, Tesla opened 146 super charging stations in 74 cities.

In addition, in 2021, Tesla will invest 42 million yuan in Shanghai to build a super charging pile factory integrating R&D and production. The project is expected to be put into production in the first quarter of 2021. The initial planned annual production capacity is 10,000 super charging piles, mainly are V3 super charging piles. This move will accelerate the popularization of V3 super charging piles in China.