People look at a Tesla Model Y car at a Tesla showroom in Beijing on January 5, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

SHANGHAI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. electric carmaker Tesla started delivering its Model Y, built in China, on Monday.

On Jan. 7, 2020, Tesla launched the project to manufacture Model Y vehicles in the Shanghai gigafactory, its first overseas plant outside the United States. The China-made model went on sales on Jan. 1.