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Tesla Shanghai assembly plant to be completed in May: government official

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The land of Tesla Gigafactory at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tesla’s upcoming vehicle assembly facility in Shanghai is expected to be completed in May this year, a Shanghai city government official said on Wednesday.

Chen Mingbo made the comments on the sidelines of an annual parliamentary meeting in Beijing.

He said the facility expects to start up production on some of its manufacturing lines by the end of the year.

Reporting by Stella Qiu in Beijing and Brenda Goh in Shanghai; Editing by Tom Hogue

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