the company said in october that its china sales had been hammered after beijing raised tariffs on imports tesla inc has started delivering model 3 cars in china slightly ahead of schedule as the us luxury electric vehicle maker looks to revive sales in the worlds biggest auto market the californiabased firm has been aiming to accelerate chinese sales that have been hit hard by the impact of sinous trade tensions it has adjusted prices of its usmade cars in china to make them affordable tesla said in a statement that it held a delivery event in beijing on friday which marked a significant milestone for the market the firm had said in january that model 3 deliveries in china would begin in march advt the earlierthanscheduled delivery however comes as the automaker was dealt with a setback on thursday after consumer reports an influential us magazine withdrew its endorsement for model 3 citing reliability problems the magazines decision to withdraw its endorsement less than nine months after recommending the electric sedan raised questions about quality that tesla has faced since the model 3s difficult launch tesla currently imports all the cars it sells in china but is in the process of building a factory in shanghai that will manufacture model 3 cars in the initial phase the company said in october that its china sales had been hammered after beijing raised tariffs on imports of us autos to 40 percent in july amid the trade tensions china has since temporarily suspended the additional 25 percent tariff reducing it to the 15 percent level reuters published on feb 22 2019 at 1051 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app sun microsystems china tesla shanghai beijing model 3 homenewsindustrytesla starts model 3 delivery in china earlier than expected