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Elon Musk (center), Tesla’s CEO, stands with Tesla’s vice president of sales Robin Ren (left) and Shanghai mayor Ying Yong (right) during an event at the site of the company’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, in Jan. 2019. After four years of planning, Tesla finally broke ground on its planned $5 billion factory in the world's biggest auto market. Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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