The Covid-19 pandemic did little to control Tesla fans' hunger for the US firm's electric vehicles in its biggest foreign market during the second quarter. The auto firm sold USD1.4 billion worth of cars in China over the quarter, doubling from a year ago, the California-headquartered firm said in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday. Next, the company is recruiting big in Shanghai to start making Model Ys in its first overseas plant. Tesla’s total revenue slid 5 percent to USD6 billion in the second quarter, according to the same report. Revenue on the home turf fell 11 percent to USD3 billion. The company is hiring 1,000 employees at its Shanghai Gigafactory, including assembly workers and quality inspectors, it said in a statement on We Chat earlier this month. This is the first time that Tesla is recruiting designers in China. The campaign is partly in preparation for Model Ys, Tencent's tech news arm reported, citing an insider. The automaker...