Tesla Snags Permit to Start Mass Production in China
- U.S. carmaker clears one of last burocratic hurdles in China
- Company nears sales start for locally built electric vehicles
The Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai.
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Tesla Inc. won permission to start mass production at its China factory, clearing one of the last hurdles to begin selling locally built cars in the world’s largest electric-vehicle market.
The clearance was disclosed by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on its website Wednesday. Tesla unveiled its first vehicles assembled at the Shanghai facility earlier this month, made as part of trial operations.