Elon Musk bets big on the world’s biggest car market with the first-ever China-built Teslas
After months of what Tesla CEO Elon Musk called “production hell,” his electric car company delivered the first 15 Model 3 sedans at its new multibillion-dollar factory in Shanghai—the first outside of the US—to its employees just before the new year. A 90-minute drive away from Shanghai’s city centre, the Tesla Gigafactory 3 broke ground at the beginning of 2019, marking a major milestone for the California-based electric vehicle maker in China.
During the ceremony to mark the first deliveries of Model 3s, Tesla’s head of greater China, Tom Zhu, handed over the first cars to employees who had made the purchase. Deliveries to customers will begin before the Lunar New Year on January 25, 2020, as Tesla aims to make China—the world’s biggest market for EVs and autos—the biggest market for its Model 3.
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