Tesla looks to make its China operation as nimble as its cars

Electric vehicle maker fires up new plant built in less than a year

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk dances with delight at an event to commemorate the start of operations at its Gigafactory in Shanghai in January. © Reuters

TAKESHI SHIRAISHI and ITSURO FUJINO, Nikkei stuff writers

PALO ALTO, U.S./TOKYO -- Tesla Motors, the world's biggest manufacturer of electric vehicles, has continued to grow as CEO Elon Musk's pushes ahead aggressively in China, the top market for EVs.

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