Tesla Motors intends to localise the production of EVs in China over the next three years.

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, told Xinhua: “We have a strong long term commitment to China and we tend to establish both local production and local engineering in China.”

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Musk said localisation of production in Europe and China was “just the sensible, logical thing.”

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