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Tesla is not Apple the auto industry, saying owned Chinese automakers State.
When asked if the electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors tip can be a game changer in the global automotive industry as Apple was in the mobile phone industry, car manufacturers belonging to the Chinese state have shrugged shoulders of these comparisons.
Xu Heyi, chairman of Beijing Automotive Industry Holding BAIC, one of the leading car manufacturers belonging to China's State responded succinctly impossible.
Xu also said that Tesla boss Elon Musk was not about to become the next Steve Jobs, I'm not sure about that, he said this year's Boao Forum for Asia, a annual economic conference in Hainan province in southern China.
The automaker California-based Tesla has attracted worldwide attention for its dynamic approach to manufacture electric cars powered its Model S luxury four-door sedan with performances like sports cars has attracted international praise for its mix of attractive lines and powerful electric drivetrain, and is considered by many as a product that s remodeled the image of electric cars forever.
very positive car critics critics have helped increase the sales figures Model S Tesla, and more than doubled stock prices from 120 5 last November to US 254 8 per share in early March On Wednesday, the course Tesla's share amounted to 210 Its success has also led to an increase in share of electric car manufacturers in China, but the launch of S Tesla luxury model in Beijing effectively dampened the prospects of new manufacturers adult automotive energy at home, including BAIC.
Xu said that BAIC intends to unveil a new electric car whose performance will transcend that of the S model by the end of 2015.
bold statement of Xu came months after BAIC in February acquired a 25 percent stake in Atieva, a developer of battery in California for electric vehicles, founded by a former vice president Tesla, in a move seen as propping his battery holder and potentially improve its output performance in moderately electric car.
Also at the forum, Chief Director Zhu Fushou of Dongfeng Motor Group, China's second carmaker, said he was also impressed by the comparison Apple Tesla.
Tesla has set its global sales target to 70,000 But that's just a fraction of the Chinese auto market, said Zhu.
China sold Sept. 21 million cars last year, up 13 9 percent from the previous year while sales on a global scale Tesla reached last year only 22300.
Electric cars, Zhu added, still require more advanced technology in terms of cost of the battery and safety devices.
This does not mean the first publicly automotive Chinese leaders rejected the American manufacturer ambitions.
Wang Chuanfu, founder and chairman of the first electric car manufacturer BYD Auto of China, had also openly disparaged the ambitions of Tesla.
BYD could make a Tesla when consumer demand for electric cars really took off, said Wang at a general meeting of shareholders The market for electric cars, not the technology behind it, was the pressing issue facing his company, he said.
In February this year, Wang called again Tesla a rich man toy dusting luxury competition concerns Tesla Model S.
BYD's all-electric model, E6, about 300 000 sells yuan in China before government subsidies, and new Qin hybrid model goes for about 200,000 yuan two are much cheaper than the S Tesla model, which starts at 750,000 yuan.
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