by Tyler Durden Friday, Apr 30, 2021 - 11:40 AM As the ongoing soap opera between China and Tesla continues - with the Chinese government looking as though it may be less-than-amused with boy wonder "visionary in chief" Elon Musk of late - it appears that Tesla may also be working to separate its ties from the Chinese government. The company has paid back $614 million in loans that it took out for the Shanghai Gigafactory, according to Tesmanian, citing the company's recently filed 10-Q. Tesla's 10-Q stated: "In April 2021, we fully repaid the $614 million in aggregate principal of our secured term loan facility in connection with the construction of Gigafactory Shanghai (the“ Fixed Asset Facility ”) and the facility was terminated."