Tesla reportedly exporting 7,000 Chinese-made cars to Europe

The load of Model 3 sedans produced at the electric-car makerࢀ™s first plant outside the US will leave China on Tuesday, according to The Paper , a state-backed Chinese news outlet. The cars will reportedly be sold in several European countries including France, Germany, Italy and Portugal after they arrive at Belgian ports next month. Tesla first announced last week that it would begin shipping cars from China to Europe, which is one of the worldࢀ™s fastest-growing markets for electric vehicles, Bloomberg News reported . Teslaࢀ™s Shanghai ࢀœGigafactory,ࢀ which opened late last year, could help the company supply more vehicles…