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"Early this year, Tesla Motors\u00A0revealed plans for a network of free charging stations in China, which would let owners of its electric cars travel long distances in the country, such as between major cities Beijing and Shanghai.\r\n\r\nNow the plans are taking shape, as Reuters first reported. Tesla confirmed to TNW that it has reached an agreement with China Unicom to build 400 charging points in 120 Chinese cities and 20 superchargers in 20 cities. The charging facilities will be ready by the end of this year and opened to Tesla customers for free.\r\n\r\nTesla\u00A0launched\u00A0the Model S\u00A0online design studio\u00A0in January this year with a minimal markup \u2014 customers have to fork out CNY734,000 (about $121,000) for the Model S with the premium 85 kWh battery pack. However, this price still puts it squarely in the high-end category.\r\n\r\nThumbnail image via Justin Sullivan/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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