U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc. reaffirmed Sunday it is in talks with the Shanghai government to set up a factory in the city and expects to agree on a plan by the end of the year Clearance Air Jordan 6 Retro Low Chrome Black White , but declined to comment on a report that a deal has been reached.
The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Tesla has reached an agreement with Shanghai authorities to build a wholly-owned manufacturing facility in the citys free trade zone, which would make it the first foreign automaker to build its own plant in China.
Chinas government has considered allowing foreign automakers to set up wholly-owned factories in free trade zones in part to encourage more production of electric and hybrid vehicles which the government calls new energy vehicles to meet ambitious sales quotas.
Tesla would still have to pay a 25 percent duty on cars built in the Shanghai plant, but it could lower its production costs.
Tesla on Sunday pointed to a statement it made in June that the company is working with the Shanghai Municipal Government to explore the possibility of establishing a manufacturing facility in the region to serve the Chinese market. As weve said before Cheap Air Jordan 6 Retro Spizike Red Black , we expect to more clearly define our plans for production in China by the end of the year.
A Tesla spokesperson in the United States declined to comment further beyond referring to the June statement.
Shenzhen-based Internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd. has a 5 percent stake in Tesla and is seen as a potential ally for Teslas efforts to enter the Chinese market.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has said the company eventually will need vehicle and battery manufacturing centers in Europe and Asia.
Chinas electric vehicle market is already the worlds largest and is expected to continue growing fast, especially since the government plans to require that all automakers sales include a certain percentage of electric vehicles from 2019.
(Shenzhen Daily-Agencies)
Lebanese police on Monday arrested a driver suspected of killing British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes after trying to rape her, according to officials and the national news agency.
An undated handout picture released by the family of Rebecca Dykes through Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office on December 17 Air Jordan 6 Retro Iron Purple Black Clearance , 2017
The Lebanese news agency said the Lebanese man, who works as a driver with ride-hailing giant Uber, had confessed to killing the young woman Air Jordan 6 VI Retro Lakers Black White Online , who was employed at the UK embassy in Beirut.
Dykes was last seen alive at a party in Gemmayzeh, a Beirut neighbourhood popular with foreign residents, on Friday night and left in the suspect's car.
"He picked her up in Gemmayzeh on Friday night Air Jordan 6 White Metallic Gold For Sale , took her to Achrafieh then to the Metn highway and tried to rape her," the news agency said, referring to an expressway north of Beirut.
Her body was found dumped on the roadside there early the following evening.
A senior security official had told AFP that strangulation was the likely cause of death and added that Dykes was found with string tied around her neck.
The Lebanese news agency said the suspect was tracked down thanks to security cameras and confessed to killing Dykes after she resisted when he sexually assaulted her Men's Levi's X Nike Air Jordan 6 Denim Black Cheap , it said.
A senior official in the judiciary said that she had booked her vehicle using the Uber app, whose driver identification and rating system is seen by many, especially women Air Jordan 6 Retro GS Lakers Black White For Sale , as offering better safety guarantees than when hailing a cab off the street in Lebanon.
The driver "tried to rape her and when she resisted he strangled her... took her wallet and threw her in a dumpster," the official said.
Such crime is rare in the Lebanese capital, a city which is considered generally safe Women's Air Jordan 6 Oreo Black Oreo For Sale , including for tourists and foreign residents. A senior official had stressed that the murder was "not politically motivated".
A picture of the young woman, who worked at the British government's Department for International Development (DFID), was on the front pages of many UK papers Monday.
The British ambassador in Beirut Mens Air Jordan 6 All Star Black Silver Online , Hugo Shorter, expressed his grief in a statement and messages of support for her family and colleagues poured in from Beirut's shell-shocked diplomatic and aid community.
"We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. We are doing all we can to understand what happened," the family said in a statement passed on by the Foreign Office.
Agencies
VIENTIANE， March 22 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 players will compete for medals at the Lao Badminton Federation Secretary's Cup in capital Vientiane this weekend to select talents for regional sport events.
The badminton competition， to be held from March 24-26， comprises competing categories of U13， U15， and senior players until 60 years old， Lao state-run media Vientiane Times reported Wednesday.
This tournament aims to promote junior player development and friendly competition and fitness for senior players.
The federation will take the opportunity to run the ruler over the best junior players for possible selection in the national team for the ninth School Games of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to be hosted by Singapore on July 13-21.
Meanwhile， open level players will be eyeing a spot on the Lao badminton team for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia from August 19-31.
The federation sent the Lao student badminton team to the eighth ASEAN Schools Games in Thailand last July where they won a bronze medal. Enditem
LONDON， June 2. Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Vapormax White Cheap Air Max 90 Suede Cheap Air Max 90 White Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Essential Cheap Nike Vapormax Womens Cheap Nike Air Vapormax Black Cheap Air Vapormax Flyknit