SHANGHAI — Tesla has obtained permission to begin promoting its Shanghai-made Mannequin Y SUV in China.
The Ministry of Trade and Data Know-how printed the approval on its web site on Monday.
Tesla sells its regionally constructed Mannequin 3 electrical vehicles in China and has been increasing the Shanghai plant the place they’re manufactured to begin making the Mannequin Y, which reviews say will begin manufacturing early subsequent 12 months. The automaker utilized for permission to promote the Mannequin Y earlier this month.
The automaker began delivering Mannequin 3 autos made in its Shanghai manufacturing unit final December and offered greater than 13,000 autos in China in October.
The corporate has began exporting the Mannequin 3 from China to Europe and stated final week it plans to additionally begin making EV chargers in China in 2021.