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지난 4월 일부 매체들은 머스크회장이 6월 테슬라의 공식 론칭 행사에 참석하기 위해 처음으로 한국을 방문할 것이라고 보도한 바 있다.
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지난 4월 일부 매체들은 머스크회장이 6월 테슬라의 공식 론칭 행사에 참석하기 위해 처음으로 한국을 방문할 것이라고 보도한 바 있다.
테슬라코리아 관계자는 31일 더인베스터에 “머스크회장이 6월에 한국을 찾을 계획은 없다”며 그의 방한이 취소된 이유는 물론 애초에 방한 계획이 있었던 것인지 등에 대해 답변을 거절했다.
테슬라는 모델S 90D의 첫 고객 인도에 맞춰 6월 공식 론칭 행사를 준비하고 있다. 행사는 사전계약 고객들을 위주로 소규모로 진행 될 것으로 알려졌다.
테슬라는 지난 3월 한국에 첫 매장을 오픈했고 모델S 90D를 시작으로 본격적으로 판매에 나선다. 기본 현금 가격은 1억 1,1570만원으로 국내 충전기준을 만족하지 못해 보조금 혜택은 받을 수 없다.
현재 모델S 75와 모델S 100D에 대한 사전 계약도 진행 중인데 가격은 각 9,945만원, 1억 1,310만원부터 시작하고 차량 인도는 약 3개월이 소요된다.
지난 25일 테슬라는 전용급속충전기인 “슈퍼차저(Supercharger)를 삼성역 그랜드 인터컨티넨탈 호텔에 국내 최초로 설치했다. 슈퍼차저를 이용하면 모델S 90D 기준 30분만에 배터리 80% 충전이 가능하다.
(sahn@heraldcorp.com)
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Elon Musk drops plans to visit Korea
[THE INVESTOR] Despite high expectations here, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk will not visit Korea in June.
“Elon Musk is not coming to Korea,” a spokesperson from Tesla Korea told The Investor on May 31, without further elaborating the reasons.
Earlier, there were media reports that Musk is finalizing his schedule to attend the official launch event of the iconic electric carmaker in the country.
Tesla Korea, however, is still holding the planned launch event when the carmaker will start delivering Model S 90D -- the first available model in Korea -- to local customers around end-June.
The delivery event will likely be small-scale, inviting mainly customers, according to the carmaker.
Tesla opened its first two stores in March in Korea -- one in the shopping mall Starfield Hanam that is owned by Shinsegae Group and the other in Seoul’s posh district of Cheongdam-dong.
Since the opening, Tesla has been speeding up its expansion in the country.
The carmaker has begun taking preorders of two additional trim levels -- Model S 75D and 100D -- and plans to deliver them within three months. It is also taking preorders for the Model X and the Model 3, but the exact launch date is yet to be decided.
Tesla plans to install 14 high-speed supercharger stations across Korea by end of this year, including at least six in Seoul. The first supercharger station opened at the underground parking lot of Grand InterContinental Hotel in southern Seoul last week.
Three stations -- at Gran Seoul in Jongno-gu, Seoul; Tedin Resort in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province; and Hansol Oak Valley Resort in Wonju, Gangwon Province -- are slated to open on June 1.
By Ahn Sung-mi (sahn@heraldcorp.com)
Elon Musk drops plans to visit Korea
[THE INVESTOR] Despite high expectations here, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk will not visit Korea in June.
“Elon Musk is not coming to Korea,” a spokesperson from Tesla Korea told The Investor on May 31, without further elaborating the reasons.
Earlier, there were media reports that Musk is finalizing his schedule to attend the official launch event of the iconic electric carmaker in the country.
Tesla Korea, however, is still holding the planned launch event when the carmaker will start delivering Model S 90D -- the first available model in Korea -- to local customers around end-June.
The delivery event will likely be small-scale, inviting mainly customers, according to the carmaker.
Tesla opened its first two stores in March in Korea -- one in the shopping mall Starfield Hanam that is owned by Shinsegae Group and the other in Seoul’s posh district of Cheongdam-dong.
Since the opening, Tesla has been speeding up its expansion in the country.
The carmaker has begun taking preorders of two additional trim levels -- Model S 75D and 100D -- and plans to deliver them within three months. It is also taking preorders for the Model X and the Model 3, but the exact launch date is yet to be decided.
Tesla plans to install 14 high-speed supercharger stations across Korea by end of this year, including at least six in Seoul. The first supercharger station opened at the underground parking lot of Grand InterContinental Hotel in southern Seoul last week.
Three stations -- at Gran Seoul in Jongno-gu, Seoul; Tedin Resort in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province; and Hansol Oak Valley Resort in Wonju, Gangwon Province -- are slated to open on June 1.
By Ahn Sung-mi (sahn@heraldcorp.com)
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