Tesla is offering a retrofit of turn-signal stalks for the Chinese-market Model 3 Highland after alleged customer complaints.

Tesla is shipping the Model 3 in China with a turn signal stalk while also offering it as a retrofit to owners who have already taken delivery of their vehicles

Tesla China has priced its six-seat Model Y variant about 30 per cent higher than its basic edition and has started accepting orders from customers who prefer spacious, long-range electric vehicles (EVs) for family use.

Tesla controversially deleted turn signal stalks from the Model 3 Highland refresh. Now they're back as a $350 retrofit - in China only.

For a company that likes to fire a bunch of people, only to later regret the decision and try to hire those same people back, this latest news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise: Tesla is selling a retrofit turn signal stalk to replace the one it removed from the refreshed Model 3.

Tesla sales in China rose 4.5% in the week of August 11th to 17th, according to data shared by analyst Roland Pircher. The EV giant recorded 14,000 new insured registrations, marking a 60% jump from the prior quarter and the highest week of the quarter so far.

China is spending big on EVs abroad, ex-Tesla employees build a new charging startup and Waymo's former CEO throws shade.

Hangzhou-based Unitree, seen as a competitor to Tesla's Optimus, won multiple medals. Beijing-based X-Humanoid and Hong Kong-listed Shenzhen firm UBTECH also impressed. The Chinese government has targeted humanoid robots as a key future industry for the economy and Beijing has plans to build a world-class industry of humanoid robots by 2027.