It was less than a week ago that Tesla China’s comms team went out of its way to deny rumors that Tesla currently had plans to launch the Cybertruck in the Chinese auto market. That’s why it is surprising to see now that Tesla has received some level of homologation for the electric pickup truck in the market. CNEV reported Tesla received an energy consumption label from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Tesla made a filing with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to measure the energy consumption of the Cybertruck, and today it received an Automobile Energy Consumption Label. It is not the entirety of the needed homologation process, but it’s a step toward that. However, it would be surprising if there were indeed any plans to launch the Cybertruck in China anytime soon following the denial just a week ago. Furthermore, CEO Elon Musk also threw some cold water on the prospects of a Cybertruck launch in China just a few months ago. He said that it would be hard to modify the vehicle for Chinese homologation.