Tesla’s local supply chain is vast — and has contained links to U.S. sanctioned companies.
Employees work at Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory, November 20, 2020. Credit: Xinhua/Ding Ting via Getty Images
In an industrial area just north of Hangzhou Bay, Tesla builds more cars than it does anywhere else in the world. The Shanghai “gigafactory,” as the company calls it, can produce almost 1 million cars annually. But while Tesla’s China presence is well established, less understood is the web of suppliers that have kept production there humming since the gigafactory opened in 2019.
A segment from a CGTN video covering Tesla's Shanghai "gigafactory" and the "localized" supply c
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