As it is said that tomorrow the automobiles will be all-electric, self-driving, linked to high-speed communication.. and plausibly Chinese.
That’s the vision of Jia Yueting, a billionaire entrepreneur who see their innovation knowledge re-engineering the vehicle market, and taking over Tesla Motors, a United States pioneer in premium electrical automobile (EV) making.
“Tesla’s a fantastic business and has taken the worldwide car industry to the EV era,” Jia stated in an interview at the Beijing headquarters of his Le Holdings Co, or LeEco.
“However we’re not just constructing an automobile. We consider the vehicle a smart mobile device on four wheels, basically no different to a cellphone or tablet.”
Jia continued, “We intend to surpass Tesla and lead the market leapfrogging to a new age.”
A wave of EV start-ups has emerged in China after their government opened the vehicle market to deep-pocketed innovation companies to drive a switch to cleaner electrical as an ultimate alternative to fuel cars. Skeptics question that how start-ups like LeEco will deliver on their grand visions.
As an indication of intent, 43-year-old Jia last week unveiled the LeSEE electric concept supercar, a competitor to Tesla’s Model S.
LeEco intends to begin producing a variation of the LeSEE in a few years at a plant being built near Las Vegas by US tactical partner Faraday Future, in which Jia has actually invested.
Those vehicles would be offered in the United States and China. Further ahead, the plan is to produce electrical cars in China, too, most likely through a collaboration with BAIC Motor.
