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Shares in China Evergrande’s EV unit surge 60% on capital injection

World’s most indebted property developer’s push into electric cars has been hit by delays

Shares in the electric car unit of China Evergrande, the world’s most indebted property company, surged to a record high after a $3.4bn cash injection boosted hopes for its stalled ambitions to rival the likes of Tesla.

The company’s Hong Kong-listed shares soared more than 60 per cent on Monday, a day after the group announced that strategic investors had bought a 9.75 per cent stake for HK$26bn (US$3.35bn).

Evergrande Auto, as the EV unit is known, has vowed to spend Rmb30b