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US Automaker Tesla Unveils New Electric Vehicle Made Exclusively in China

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   U.S. automaker Tesla on Monday delivered its second
   electrically-powered vehicle made exclusively in China for the Chinese
   market.

   "Model Y deliveries in China have officially begun," the company
   announced on Twitter.

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     [1]pic.twitter.com/fG5aax1k2b
     -- Tesla (@Tesla) [2]January 18, 2021

   The Model Y follows the Model 3 as the first Tesla vehicles for sale in
   China produced at Tesla's $2 billion Gigafactory plant in Shanghai,
   which opened just two years ago.

   The U.S. based cable business news networkCNBC says China is critical
   to Tesla's growth plans as it is the world's largest EV market.The
   company is looking to increase its vehicle sales volume from about
   500,000 vehicles in 2020 to 20 million annually over the next decade.

   The onlineChina Economicnewspaper says Tesla also plans to invest $6.4
   million in the construction of a supercharger manufacturing plant in
   Shanghai with aninitial planned annual production capacity of 10,000
   superchargers. It is expected to be operational in the first quarter of
   2021.

References

   1. https://t.co/fG5aax1k2b
   2. https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1351186913840009219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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