The Shanghai factory, Tesla’s first outside the US, is the only car assembly line fully owned by a foreign investor in mainland China. Photo: Bloomberg
The Shanghai factory, Tesla’s first outside the US, is the only car assembly line fully owned by a foreign investor in mainland China. Photo: Bloomberg
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Tesla plans new factory in Shanghai that would double China production to a million cars a year as demand for electric vehicles soars

  • The US carmaker will soon begin construction of a new plant in the Lingang free-trade zone near to its enormous Gigafactory 3, said two sources
  • The move represents a huge effort to ramp up production amid soaring demand for Tesla’s electric vehicles from customer in China and abroad

Daniel Ren
Daniel Ren in Shanghai

Updated: 1:16pm, 25 Feb, 2022

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The Shanghai factory, Tesla’s first outside the US, is the only car assembly line fully owned by a foreign investor in mainland China. Photo: Bloomberg
The Shanghai factory, Tesla’s first outside the US, is the only car assembly line fully owned by a foreign investor in mainland China. Photo: Bloomberg
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