Tesla Advances China Push With 2019 Shanghai Production Goal
- Shanghai production to start in second half of 2019, city says
- Mayor visits plant site, urges accelerated construction
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Tesla Inc. plans to start production in China in the second half of next year, the city of Shanghai said, as the U.S. electric-car maker advances its push in the world’s largest auto market.
The mayor of the city, Ying Yong, visited the project site in the Lingang development zone in southeastern Shanghai and encouraged Tesla to accelerate construction, according to a statement on the city’s WeChat social media account Thursday. The plant, dubbed Gigafactory 3, will be the biggest ever foreign-invested manufacturing project in Shanghai. A Tesla representative didn’t have an immediate comment.