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Tesla to Begin Model X Sales in China Next Year

Tesla Motors Inc. says it will introduce its upcoming Model X electric crossover vehicle in China in the first half of 2016.
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Tesla Motors Inc. says it will introduce its upcoming Model X electric crossover vehicle in China in the first half of 2016. The car is scheduled go on sale in the U.S. within a few months.

Tesla expects the Model X will double the company's sales worldwide. Sales of Tesla's only other vehicle, the $76,000 Model S sport sedan, slipped 2% to 9,100 units in the first half of 2015, according to Autodata Corp.

CEO Elon Musk has said Model S production was slowed by preparations to make the Model X, which will share the same platform.

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