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Wednesday's notice sought to recruit designers and other staff
to help fulfill the goal, and called for applications by Feb. 1,
but did not identify the center's location.
"In order to achieve a shift of 'Made in China' to 'Designed in
China', Tesla's CEO Elon Musk has proposed a very cool thing -
set up a design and research center in China," it read.
It was not immediately clear when the center might begin
operations, however.
Tesla's first factory outside the United States is in the
eastern city of Shanghai, and it started delivering China-made
Model 3 vehicles this month.
Last week, Musk launched a Model Y electric sports utility
vehicle program at the $2 billion factory, with an on-stage
dance that raised an online storm.
That was also the week that Tesla's stock market value hit
nearly $89 billion, eclipsing the sum of General Motors' and
Ford's values for the first time.
The stock move was fueled by a surprise third-quarter profit,
progress at the new China factory and better-than-expected
fourth quarter deliveries.
(Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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