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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, center left, speaks as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center right, listens during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.Tesla is in talks with a Chinese battery maker to supply the cars it will manufacture at its soon-to-be-built Shanghai factory.
Tesla is in talks with Chinese battery maker CATL about supplying its currently-under-construction Shanghai plant with battery cells,CATL is part of China's dream of building technology companies that rival those of the US, EU, and Japan. It is a national champion with international ambitions. And that is why, to play in China, Tesla has to source its cells from CATL.
"So this is a big wildcard since now since Tesla has to qualify another battery manufacturer," Tu Le, founder of consultancy China Auto Insights, told Business Insider "I don't think they would've made that announcement unless they already had a fairly significant number of samples from CATL being tested right now in Fremont," he said.
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