On April 8, 2014, Tesla Motors launched a targeted car rental program at the request of small and medium-sized company customers. Tesla's corporate leasing program is simple and transparent. Business owners can view online lease agreements written in easy-to-read vernacular, view monthly rental fees, and sign agreements directly on the Internet. Poke a virtual button to complete the transaction.

At the beginning of May 2013, Tesla Automobile launched the “Resale Value Guarantee” for ordinary consumers one year ago. It promised that Tesla Motors will repurchase the car at the basic price of 50% for 3 years and the average annual mileage. 60kwh version Model S (item PDF) not exceeding 25,000 km. The plan is combined with a car loan provided by the Tesla Cooperative Bank and is functionally equivalent to a leasing plan.

Tesla Motors has registered a subsidiary company named Tesla Finance to provide this business-oriented leasing business. The “residual value protection plan” and loan car purchase program will also be transferred to Tesla Finance.

At present, Tesla America’s official website can already see enterprise leasing options on the Order Model S page. Tesla Motors China official website has not yet provided this service.

According to Autodata, an automotive market research company, sales of Tesla vehicles in the United States in the first quarter of 2014 were estimated at 4,700 units, which is less than 1% over the same period of last year. Brian Johnson, an analyst at Barclays Capital, said that the demand for Model S from US customers has been basically met, and the sales of Model S in the United States have peaked in Q2 2013.

There is no doubt that Tesla’s plan is to boost sales of the Model S. If the US market is truly saturated, it will be crucial to expand the international market. The importance of the Chinese market to Tesla is self-evident. Therefore, the news that Iron Man Elon Musk personally went to Beijing to hand over the keys to the first batch of car owners this month may not be fake.