Beijing | The 84-hectare Tesla factory complex going up 80 kilometres south-east of downtown Shanghai signals a shock wave that is about to hit the world's largest auto market.

The US electric car-maker is expected to bring a new level of competition to China's chaotic, crowded and heavily subsidised new-energy vehicle market, also the world's largest. Policymakers have long courted domestic competition from Tesla to help rationalise the industry and are doing all they can to advance the project.

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