Tesla Builds Solar Charging Station In Tibet
JAKARTA - US electric vehicle and clean energy maker Tesla Inc has opened a solar charging station with on-site power storage, in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. This news emerged from Weibo on Wednesday, August 18. This will be Tesla's first energy facility in China.
Tesla has no showroom in Tibet, a remote and impoverished area. There is no news yet if Tesla electric cars are also marketed in the area. But in his post, Tesla mentions sufficient sunlight in mountainous areas to be the cause of the displacement.
China is Tesla's second-largest market, but the charging site is the first in the country with dedicated solar power and on-site power storage. Meanwhile, China's electricity grid is mostly coal-fired, mainly from Indonesia.
The automaker moved into the solar business in 2016 with its $2.6 billion purchase of California-based SolarCity and has said it wants to grow its energy business.
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The company's solar services include Solar Roof, a power generation system meant to look like ordinary tile, and Powerwall, which can store the power generated by solar panels.
Last year, Tesla, which makes electric vehicles in Shanghai, posted a job advert for a solar and energy storage project manager in China. This became an ambitious project for Tesla in the country.