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Tesla starts Model Y deliveries in Shanghai

Tesla Inc said on Monday it has started delivering made-in-China Model Y electric vehicles to customers in Shanghai. Deliveries to customers in other Chinese cities will commence successively and the automaker said it shall ensure the speediest delivery. Tesla announced earlier this month that it would accept orders for the Model Y from 339,900 yuan ($52,427) for its Long Range model that can go as far as 594 kilometers on a single charge.

NEV storage battery sales rise 56.9% in Dec

Sales of storage batteries used to power new energy vehicles rose by 56.9 percent on a yearly basis in December, industry data showed. Battery sales stood at 12.2 gigawatt-hours last month, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Some 6.5 gigawatt-hours of high-energy density ternary polymer lithium batteries were sold, up 9.3 percent and accounting for 53.2 percent of the total. In December, China's NEV sales surged 49.5 percent year-on-year to 248,000 units, data from the association showed.

China Daily - Xinhua