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Tesla is facing yet more headwinds in the biggest car market in the world, Ford is now making more of the
other Mustang, and Nissan’s long-awaited electric vehicle that isn’t a Leaf has seen another delay. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, June 4, 2021.
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1st Gear: Tesla’s Trouble Continues
Tesla’s not-so-great year in China is not improving. The EV maker reportedly sold a little more than half the cars in May as it did in April in the country. That comes after a protestor shouted about faulty brakes in the Model 3 at the Shanghai Auto Show, the government alleged that the company’s cars posed a national security risk, and Tesla-owning state officials were advised to drive something else.