Executives from United States electric carmaker Tesla Motor Inc will visit Sinopec Group next week to discuss potential cooperation to establish vehicle-charging facilities, an insider with the Chinese company told China Daily on Tuesday.

Talks will center on building charging units around Sinopec's nationwide service-station network.

Tesla denied plans for a meeting in Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing Simon Sproule, vice-president for marketing and communications. Tesla plans its first customer deliveries in Beijing or Shanghai next week, he said, according to the report.