{"id":8981,"date":"2021-10-25T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=8981"},"modified":"2021-10-25T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:14:08","slug":"tesla-opens-new-rd-center-china-humanoid-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=8981","title":{"rendered":"Tesla opens new R&D center in China with all engineering under one roof, teases humanoid robot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla announced the opening of its new research and development center in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

The new facility will help the American automaker to tap into local Chinese engineering talent beyond just manufacturing.<\/p>\n

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Gigafactory Shanghai has been an incredible success for Tesla and quickly became the company\u2019s largest factory by production volume.<\/p>\n

Through building the factory and ramping up production, the automaker has been impressed with the local engineering talent coming out of China and quickly tapped into the local talent for more than just manufacturing.<\/p>\n

In early 2020,\u00a0Tesla announced plans to establish a new R&D and design center in China to build \u201ca Chinese-style\u201d electric car<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tesla started\u00a0taking design submissions for its Chinese-made small electric car<\/a>\u00a0that summer and started\u00a0hiring for the program<\/a>\u00a0shortly after.<\/p>\n

Today, the automaker announced the completion of the R&D center and released a video announcing it:<\/p>\n

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Tesla Shanghai Research and Development Center and Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory Data Center are officially landed. We will let it roll recently.\ud83d\udcaa pic.twitter.com\/CpV7arsvjo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tesla Greater China (@teslacn) October 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

In the video, Tesla explained that it\u2019s the first time that all aspects of engineering at Tesla outside the US will be under the same roof.<\/p>\n

David Lau, Tesla\u2019s head of software, commented:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs we started to build our first manufacturing facility in China, here in Shanghai, we grew our engineering team as well to be a highly performent and self-sufficient team that soon recommending, designing, contributing improvement to the products.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lars Movary, Tesla\u2019s head of vehicle engineering, added:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese next steps in this building today is the first time overseas Tesla has all its engineering functions in one facility. Vehicle firmware, software, vehicle engineering, manufacturing, as well as materials, electrical, and mechanical design right here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The engineering executives confirmed that the team being built there is going to develop products for China and the global market.<\/p>\n

As they said that in the video, they showed footage of Tesla Bot, the company\u2019s recently announced humanoid robot.<\/p>\n

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Tesla could be hinting that the team in China is going to be central in developing Tesla Bot.<\/p>\n

As we previously reported, Tesla has been listing several roboticist positions in Austin, Texas<\/a>, related to the new humanoid robot.<\/p>\n

However, in the shorter term, Tesla\u2019s new engineering in China is going to be focusing on a $25,000 electric car<\/a> to launch in the next few years.<\/p>\n

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