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China is the world's biggest market for electric cars. So European and American EV manufacturers are battling not only in the US and on the Old Continent, but also on Chinese territory as well. And Tesla seems to be in the lead. The company’s Giga Shanghai plant has just hit the 2 million cars mark.
Tesla built the Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, China, with the speed of light, in just about eight months. Construction started in January 2019 and by October, the plant already started production.
The first Tesla cars rolled off the assembly line in December 2019. Originally, only the Model 3 was made there. But in late 2020, the Model Y entered production as well. Now, the production of the Y crossover doubles that of the Model 3 compact sedan.
At first, the plant only built cars for the local market, before it started exporting to Europe and, eventually, Canada. 325,000 units were exported through the end of July.
As of 2023, the capacity of the plant grew to 750,000 cars per year. The production center thus becomes the primary production site for Tesla. In 2021, Tesla opened a Superchargers factory.
Four years after the plant started operations, it is the world’s biggest EV production facility. The factory has just hit the two million cars mark. Thus, two million Model 3s and Model Ys drove through the factory gate these past four years.
The first million cars were completed back in August 2022, which means that the production center is working way faster than originally anticipated when it started operating: it rolled out one million cars in a little more than a year, exceeding the official 750,000 unit capacity. But probably the official figures announced are just a precaution. During the past 12 months, over 935,000 cars were built there.
Tesla is producing a total of five million cars worldwide, which means that the Giga Shanghai accounts for two-fifths of all Teslas made, inching closer to half. The refreshed Model 3 that Tesla unveiled last week has recently entered production at the Gigafactory 3 as well.
There are currently six Tesla Gigafactories in the world. The first of them was the factory in Fremont, California, which opened in 2010. The Gigafactory Nevada opened up next, followed by the plant in New York in 2017. Gigafactory Shanghai started operations in late 2019. Next on the list were Gigafactory Texas, where the Cybetruck will roll off the assembly line, and the first European Gigafactory, the one in Berlin, in 2022. Most of Tesla’s models see the light of day in Fremont: the Model 3, Model S, Model X, and Model Y. The former Toyota/General Motors plant now has 22,000 employees and still counting.
The first Tesla cars rolled off the assembly line in December 2019. Originally, only the Model 3 was made there. But in late 2020, the Model Y entered production as well. Now, the production of the Y crossover doubles that of the Model 3 compact sedan.
At first, the plant only built cars for the local market, before it started exporting to Europe and, eventually, Canada. 325,000 units were exported through the end of July.
As of 2023, the capacity of the plant grew to 750,000 cars per year. The production center thus becomes the primary production site for Tesla. In 2021, Tesla opened a Superchargers factory.
Four years after the plant started operations, it is the world’s biggest EV production facility. The factory has just hit the two million cars mark. Thus, two million Model 3s and Model Ys drove through the factory gate these past four years.
The first million cars were completed back in August 2022, which means that the production center is working way faster than originally anticipated when it started operating: it rolled out one million cars in a little more than a year, exceeding the official 750,000 unit capacity. But probably the official figures announced are just a precaution. During the past 12 months, over 935,000 cars were built there.
Tesla is producing a total of five million cars worldwide, which means that the Giga Shanghai accounts for two-fifths of all Teslas made, inching closer to half. The refreshed Model 3 that Tesla unveiled last week has recently entered production at the Gigafactory 3 as well.
There are currently six Tesla Gigafactories in the world. The first of them was the factory in Fremont, California, which opened in 2010. The Gigafactory Nevada opened up next, followed by the plant in New York in 2017. Gigafactory Shanghai started operations in late 2019. Next on the list were Gigafactory Texas, where the Cybetruck will roll off the assembly line, and the first European Gigafactory, the one in Berlin, in 2022. Most of Tesla’s models see the light of day in Fremont: the Model 3, Model S, Model X, and Model Y. The former Toyota/General Motors plant now has 22,000 employees and still counting.
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