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Tesla says starts delivering Shanghai-made Model Y in China – Metro US

Tesla says starts delivering Shanghai-made Model Y in China

FILE PHOTO: Visitors wearing face masks check a China-made Tesla
FILE PHOTO: Visitors wearing face masks check a China-made Tesla Model Y sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the electric vehicle maker’s showroom in Beijing

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla Inc said on Monday it has started delivering its Shanghai-made Model Y sports utility vehicles to customers in China.

A representative for the U.S. automaker made the comment in response to a query from Reuters.

The company obtained permission to start selling the cars from the Chinese government in November and has set a starting price of 339,900 yuan ($52,400).

($1 = 6.4858 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Yilei Sun in Beijing and Brenda Goh in Shanghai; editing by Richard Pullin)