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Tesla’s China Plant Is Hooked Up to State Grid Power Supply
The Tesla Shanghai gigafactory
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Tesla Inc.’s first Chinese car factory is officially plugged in.
State Grid Corp of China has opened the first transmission line in a power connection project that increases electricity supply to the Tesla plant to a level required for preliminary production, according to a statement from the Chinese company’s Shanghai branch. State Grid said it will eventually increase the power supply eightfold for the factory to run at capacity.