Chinese competitor Tesla Model S will appear in 2018

LeEco The company plans to create an innovative industrial park, which will be engaged in the mass production of electric vehicles

LeEco company primarily known as a manufacturer of smartphones and televisions. But now the Chinese intend to expand the scope of activities and two years plans to launch serial production of electric sedan LeSEE. That, they say, in many respects will exceed Tesla Model S.

Release this electric car will be in the industrial park Eco Experience Park, the construction of which will begin in the near future near the city of Hangzhou. This project LeEco ready to spend $ 3 billion, of which 1.8 billion will be spent on construction of automobile production capacity of 400 thousand. EVs per year. The plant will produce both electric LeEco, and car partners - the American firm Faraday Future.
Concept electric LeSEE was shown in Beijing earlier this year. Complete technical information about the car yet, we only know that it will be a four-seater sedan kupeobrazny. The maximum speed of an electric vehicle will be about 210 km / h, but the most important thing - it is equipped with a full autopilot, which will cause the electric vehicle from a smartphone via a special mobile application. The Chinese have taken into account the experience of Tesla and the promise that LeSEE will be more self-contained and secure than the Tesla Model S. In fact, they promised in 2018 to make the world's first fully unmanned vehicle. Over autonomous driving technology Chinese work the last few years, and has recently been joined by the Faraday Future. In recent years, the demand for electric vehicles is growing, especially in China, so that with the release of LeSEE, the Chinese company hopes to capture a significant portion of this market segment.