(Beijing News) People familiar with the matter revealed that they are preparing to meet the official visit to China and attend the opening ceremony of the Sichuan Provincial Capital of the World University Student Summer Games on Friday (July 28), and Tesla electric vehicles are prohibited from driving in some areas in some areas.Essence
People familiar with the matter said that Chengdu officials have ordered Tesla Motors to from entering some areas related to the Grand Games and Chinese officials.
A video that was once circulated on Douyin for a while but has been removed now shows that a Tesla driver was rejected into a venue in Chengdu.A traffic manager explained that he was observing the official order of the Grand Games.
Chinese officials will attend the opening ceremony of the Grand Games and receive foreign leaders such as Indonesia President Zoko.The Chengdu Universiade, which was scheduled to be held in 2021, was postponed by the epidemic to June 2022. However, after waiting for nearly a year, the Chengdu Grand Games announced that it will be postponed again until July 28 this year, and it will be held to August 8th.During the period, more widely implemented traffic control, including closing some streets to civilian drivers.
Since last year, it has been reported that Tesla has been banned from being parked in some government office areas in Beijing and Shanghai.In March of this year, the Chinese military banned Tesla Auto from entering some military facilities.Tesla was banned from entering Chengdu during the inspection in Sichuan in early June.The Beidai River area of Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province also banned Tesla from July 1st, at least two months, because of the local vacation of senior Chinese officials.
These restrictions from China's official concerns about collecting sensitive data for Tesla's built -in camera, although Tesla and CEO Mask have vowed to abide by local data rules.
China is an important market for Tesla. The company has a factory in Shanghai, and its output accounts for more than half of its global output.Tesla did not respond to Bloomberg's comment request.
