Tesla Plans To Turn Shanghai Super-factory Into Largest Export Center

Some time ago, Tesla's super-factory in Shanghai finally officially resumed work on April 19 after experiencing a 22-day "super-long standby". At present, the factory has resumed 80% of its production capacity. And said that it will build a second factory in Shanghai, with an estimated annual production capacity of 450,000 vehicles.

Tesla plans to build a new plant near the existing Gigafactory. After the completion of the first phase, it will put into production Model Y and Model 3, and these two cars are Tesla's main global models, so Shanghai will become Tesla's largest production site. car export center.

Tesla previously said that the Shanghai Gigafactory will deliver a total of 484,100 new cars in 2021, of which 321,000 Model 3 and Model Y will be delivered in the Chinese market, an increase of 117% over 2020, and the remaining 163,100 will be exported to Major markets such as Germany and Japan.

Of the 936,000 new cars Tesla delivered globally last year, 51.7% rolled off the Shanghai Gigafactory, surpassing the Gigafactory in Fremont, California, USA.

If the new factory in Shanghai has a second phase or more, its annual output will be at least double that of the existing factory. While Tesla did not provide a specific timetable for the expansion, its annual production capacity in Shanghai is expected to grow to nearly 1 million vehicles once the new factory is completed on lithium cell Aluminum shell.