Electrified by Tesla, Chinese startups are on the charge By

5/5 à‚© . FILE PHOTO: People look at XPengࢀ™s P7 sedan model displayed at the Guangzhou auto show in Guangzhou 2/5 By Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING () ࢀ" Chinaࢀ™s electric vehicle startups are on the charge again, thanks to Tesla. The countryࢀ™s growing fascination with the U.S. pioneerࢀ™s sleek designs and cutting-edge technology is giving a string of second-wave home-grown Tesla (O:) wannabes the traction to raise more funding, expand production and boost sales. Chinese EV startups NIO (N:), XPeng Inc (N:), Li Auto (O:) and WM Motor have raised more than $8 billion between them this year and now rival…