The Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory is on track to having the completion of the external building in May, 2019.
Rapid completion of the Shanghai Gigafactory is critical for Tesla to hit sales goals in 2019. China buys over half of the world’s electric cars. A Tesla model 3 built in China would not have massive tariffs and would be very competitive in the market.

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