89-year-young Chinese man bagged it, lovingly calling it: Te-te % Possibly: Man born year of the OX, thus named EV, Ox-Ox ( Tè-tè ) %
http://qz.com/138769/tesla-may-have-just-made-its-first-sale-in-china/ Tesla may have just made its first sale in China—for $410,000 By Lily Kuo [2013/10/23] [images http://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tesla-china-shop-web.jpg The pricey Tesla may be enough to make most buyers in China run. Reuters/Petar Kujundzic http://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tesla-china-3.png http://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tesla-china.png tesla china http://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tesla-china-2.png ] According to local Chinese media, a man from the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang has bought a Tesla Model S sedan that cost him as much as 2.5 million renminbi (link in Chinese)—or $410,000. While that figure hasn’t been confirmed—Tesla hasn’t responded to queries about the sale and alleged price—it does raise questions about how expensive the luxury electric vehicle will sell for in China. The California-based maker of the luxury electric sports sedan has long said that it sees China, the world’s largest car market, as critical to its growing business. Chief executive Elon Musk has been vague about the company’s plans there, other than its opening of a showroom hopefully in the next year. As of August, the company began accepting reservations in China for the Tesla S Model, which for now have to ship from its showroom in Hong Kong. Tesla’s website for its Hong Kong showroom doesn’t say that it has begun shipping cars to customers yet. However, the alleged shopper from Zhenjiang posted these photos of his new purchase on his blog [below] on Oct. 14 (registration required): As we’ve pointed out, in the US, the Tesla’s Model S sedans are priced in the range of non-electric luxury cars—between $71,000 and $96,000, but that price is usually offset by state subsidies. In China, customers face tariffs on imported cars as high as 25%, a value-added tax of around 17%, and an additional consumption tax, which all mean the cars could cost as much as 1 million renminbi (link in Chinese), or $160,000, observers say. That price may be lowered by government subsidies of up to 60,000 renminbi, less than half the amount that US customers get in rebates in California. It’s not so much that Chinese consumers can’t afford pricey cars— demand for luxury cars likes Mercedes, BMW, Audi have all grown over the years—but many might not see electric vehicles as worth the money. Electric cars aren’t popular yet. Only 22,000 passenger cars sold in the country last year were plug-ins, out of a total of 18 million vehicles purchased, according to LMC Automotive. Nor are they convenient: China is home to only about 168 public charging stations. Adding a high price to those impediments could translate into a slow start for Tesla. [© qz.com] http://www.weibo.com/2897424077/Ae1gfxlSr [Chinese>microsofttranslator>English] Kanten _Racing English professional interior designers, obsessed with grass-roots racers to hack, dreamed of trekking to Tibet for backpackers, 2013, Lhasa, I ... |In Jinhua, Zhejiang Province # This is an era of widespread local despot # first Tesla Model s in Jinhua, China an 89 year young man bagged, owners lovingly call it the "Tete" real local tyrant is coming! October 14, [2013] ... Oriental NET : "Zhejiang men's 2.5 million claimed the mainland first," Tesla "," China mainland Jinhua first Tesla Modle s a 89 year young man bagged, overnight car enthusiast ... Te-te.CN Related tweets ... [© 1996-2013 SINA] http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1338904/first-tesla-electric-car-sold-mainland-customer-alleged-hk3m First Tesla electric car sold to a mainland customer for an alleged HK$3m 24 October, 2013 - A Tesla Model S ... shipped to a Zhejiang man in Dongyang city, local reports say ... {* The following is an attempt to understand why the Tesla-S was affectionately named: tè tè (Note: some nicknames are repeation, as in if born in the year of the dragon, would be called dragon-dragon, or in this case owner born in the year of the Ox or Bull Cow, would be called Ox Ox or tè tè } http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/sinograms.html?q=%E7%89%B9 [Chinese>microsofttranslator>English] General meaning Character Special (10 stroke) Radical Niu (cattle) (+6 stroke) Temple (+4 stroke) Pinyin tè [image http://www.chinese-tools.com/jdd/public/char/16000/15517.gif ] ... Definitions ... Noun (Acoustic. From cow, Temple. Original meaning: male cattle) With the original meaning of the (Bull) Such as: gentleman (give the bulls to titles), Bull Refers to the cattle (ox) A surname of people have dogs, initially as small special. Enemy agents; agents (spy). Such as: anti; agent Adverb ... And as: Te-te.CN (specially); special bone to (deliberately to); this special sinks Shang; special for thing and to; bettega (special to and); special sent; special; special so (deliberately); special very (Special badly); special health (alone growth, independent growth); specially designed for (alone dry); special will (alone commanded command army) ... [© 2005 - 2013 Mediamass & Celebrity Post] ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox_%28zodiac%29 Ox (zodiac) The Ox ( tè ) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Ox is denoted by the Earthly Branch character ( tè ) ... Years and the Five Elements People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the year of the Ox ... 24 January 1925 – 12 February 1926: Wood Ox ... ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning ... 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