Tesla insists Shanghai production stoppage 'normal'

Electric carmaker rejects report of component shortage

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Tesla founder Elon Musk has hailed the ramping up of production in Shanghai as a critical element of the electric carmaker’s growth plan. © Reuters

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Tesla has halted production at its factory in Shanghai, which had been its only plant still in operation amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

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