Without Chinese production, no chance to gain relevance in a market surrounded by high custom barriers, and subsidies that favor domestics. Without the world’s largest EV market, no chance for Tesla to maintain scale and relevance in the world. There have been occasional rumors of Tesla starting production in China, and each time, it turned out as wishful thinking. Chinese production never was as easy as the many -- always false -- rumors made it sound. At least for the time being, the world’s largest EV market has been closed to new entrants, both from abroad, and from at home.

Source: Forbes June 06, 2017 09:22 UTC