The Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (L) and Shanghai's Mayor Ying Yong (R) attend the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
The Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk delivers a speech at the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Visitors look at a Tesla Model 3 car in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Visitors look at a Tesla Model 3 car in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Visitors look at a Tesla Model 3 car in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Visitors look at a Tesla Model 3 car in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Visitors look at a Tesla Model 3 car in Shanghai, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla plans to begin making its Model 3 electric vehicles (EV) by year-end, a first step in localizing production in the world’s largest auto market. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Hengwei)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 3, 2018 shows a tract of land for Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Lingang Area in Shanghai, east China. U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc. on Monday broke ground on its Shanghai factory, becoming the first to benefit from a new policy allowing foreign carmakers to set up wholly-owned subsidiaries in China. The new plant, Tesla's first outside the United States, is located in Lingang Area, a high-end manufacturing park in the southeast harbor of Shanghai. It is designed with an annual capacity of 500,000 electric cars. Tesla signed the agreement with the Shanghai municipal government in July 2018 to build the factory. In October, the company was approved to use an 864,885-square-meter tract of land in Lingang for its Shanghai plant. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 3, 2018 shows a tract of land for Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Lingang Area in Shanghai, east China. U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc. on Monday broke ground on its Shanghai factory, becoming the first to benefit from a new policy allowing foreign carmakers to set up wholly-owned subsidiaries in China. The new plant, Tesla's first outside the United States, is located in Lingang Area, a high-end manufacturing park in the southeast harbor of Shanghai. It is designed with an annual capacity of 500,000 electric cars. Tesla signed the agreement with the Shanghai municipal government in July 2018 to build the factory. In October, the company was approved to use an 864,885-square-meter tract of land in Lingang for its Shanghai plant. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 3, 2018 shows a tract of land for Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Lingang Area in Shanghai, east China. U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc. on Monday broke ground on its Shanghai factory, becoming the first to benefit from a new policy allowing foreign carmakers to set up wholly-owned subsidiaries in China. The new plant, Tesla's first outside the United States, is located in Lingang Area, a high-end manufacturing park in the southeast harbor of Shanghai. It is designed with an annual capacity of 500,000 electric cars. Tesla signed the agreement with the Shanghai municipal government in July 2018 to build the factory. In October, the company was approved to use an 864,885-square-meter tract of land in Lingang for its Shanghai plant. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 3, 2018 shows a tract of land for Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Lingang Area in Shanghai, east China. U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc. on Monday broke ground on its Shanghai factory, becoming the first to benefit from a new policy allowing foreign carmakers to set up wholly-owned subsidiaries in China. The new plant, Tesla's first outside the United States, is located in Lingang Area, a high-end manufacturing park in the southeast harbor of Shanghai. It is designed with an annual capacity of 500,000 electric cars. Tesla signed the agreement with the Shanghai municipal government in July 2018 to build the factory. In October, the company was approved to use an 864,885-square-meter tract of land in Lingang for its Shanghai plant. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
