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China grants Tesla green light to start selling Shanghai-made Model Y SUV

Published 2020-11-29, 11:16 p/m
Updated 2020-11-30, 07:25 a/m
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The company logo is pictured on a Tesla Model X electric car in Berlin

By Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has obtained permission to start selling its Shanghai-made Model Y sports utility vehicle in China.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published the approval on its website on Monday.

Tesla, now sells its Model 3 electric cars in China and has been building new car manufacturing capacity in Shanghai to make its Model Y SUVs. It applied for the Shanghai-made Model Y SUV sales permission earlier this month.

It started delivering vehicles made in its Shanghai factory last December and sold more than 13,000 vehicles in China in October.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai

The company has started exporting China-made Model 3 cars to Europe and said last week it plans to also start making electric vehicle chargers in China in 2021.

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