Tesla hikes Chinese retail price for Model S and Model X vehicles
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Beijing imposed duties on U.S. imports shortly after the White House's own tariff package got underway on Friday.
Tesla's website now shows the price of its Model S sedan and its Model X SUV roughly 20% higher than it had before, with the lowest-priced configuration of the Model S being hiked to about 840,000 yuan from its previous 710,000 yuan RRP.
China made up about 15% of Tesla's global electric car sales in 2017, a total of 103,000 vehicle ■