Tesla reportedly 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, Reuters reported.

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Tesla has been building new car manufacturing capacity in Shanghai to make its Model Y SUVs and applied for the sales permission earlier this month, the report said.

It started delivering Model 3 vehicles made in Shanghai last December and sold more than 13,000 vehicles in China in October.

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

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