China’s largest battery maker CATL built a battery production facility in Shanghai just blocks from Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai last year, and a new report shows the factory has already been supplying the nearby automaker. The CATL plant in Linang, Shanghai has been supplying Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai with batteries since November 2021, according to a report […]
Wu Wa, a long-time follower of Tesla’s progress at Gigafactory Shanghai, recently shared a 4K drone flyover of the site from Friday, December 10, on YouTube. The video shows the factory operating like a well-oiled machine, piping out Model 3s and Model Ys by the boatload. It’s almost hard to believe Giga Shanghai was empty […]
Tesla noted on Wednesday that a figure published by the Chinese think tank EV100, saying that the company’s Shanghai Gigafactory has exceeded 450,000 in annual output in Q3 and on track to hit 500,000, is inaccurate, according to a Tesla representative speaking to Reuters. While EV100 quoted Tesla China Head Grace Tao, also known as […]
A rumor surfaced last month saying that Tesla’s Giga Shanghai closed down its Model Y factory for maintenance, and now a report claims it did indeed halt production for a few days, according to unnamed sources. Tesla halted production on one part of a production line at Gigafactory Shanghai for four days in August, due […]
Tesla’s Giga Shanghai reached the milestone of outputting 1,000 cars per day last week, and following the news, the company has shared a number of new jobs on Weibo. On Friday, Tesla shared a series of jobs on Weibo, with titles including a quality inspector, production operator, and logistics operator, according to CNEVPost. Potential hires […]
Tesla’s factory in China has produced electric vehicles (EVs) for a number of countries around the world, and according to new data, the company produced an impressive number of EVs in July. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released data on Tuesday showing that Tesla sold 32,968 China-produced vehicles in July, including a total of […]
Tesla has had to delay the opening of its Gigafactory Berlin significantly, and a new update shows that the company may begin exporting Model Y units from Gigafactory Shanghai to catch up with Europe’s backlog of orders for the electric SUV. The Shanghai Gigafactory will begin exporting Tesla Model Y units to Europe in the […]
According to Brand Finance, Tesla has been crowned the fastest growing brand in the company’s Global 500 2021 Index, with a ‘brand value’ of a whopping $32.0 billion USD — up 158% in the last year alone. As explained by Brand Finance, the ‘brand value’ is a meticulously formulated representation of what a brand would […]
Image via @JayinShanghai Tesla has opened a new retail store in Shanghai, China, set to showcase the company’s electric vehicle technologies. According to Jay in Shanghai, Tesla’s Shanghai Experience Store is like a miniature version of the company’s Gigafactory in China, displaying both electric vehicle (EV) parts including batteries motors, and bodies, as well as […]
After recent reports that Tesla planned to build an electric vehicle (EV) parts recycling facility in Shanghai, a new report claims the company is ceasing operations in expanding the Gigafactory in China. U.S. zero-emissions automaker Tesla has put a pause on plans to expand its Shanghai Gigafactory into a center for global export due to […]
My Tesla Weekend released a video Thursday featuring progress from all three of Tesla’s ongoing Gigafactory construction projects with a 9-month, side-by-side look at the build progress of each. The video compiles shots from Gigafactories Shanghai, Berlin, and Texas (U.S.) captured by Jason Yang, Tobias Lindh, and Jeff Roberts. The video’s host mentions that, while […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai has been hard at work since its completion last year, even expanding to include a new Supercharger factory earlier this year. Internal sources discovered that Tesla is likely buying a 460,000 square-meter plot of land to the south of Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai, according to Tesmanian. The land, as sold by the city […]
Last week the world saw Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai on the inside for the first time ever. On Saturday, PC Auto‘s exclusive inside look at Gigafactory Shanghai was uploaded with full English subtitles by YouTube channel T-Study. The video features a tour of the factory’s assembly department as well as interviews with staff and details about […]
Around the world, electric vehicles (EVs) are beginning to face a more widespread adoption, and leading the charge is among the world’s newest, most valuable automakers, Tesla. Tesla China’s sales doubled year-over-year in 2020, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (via Benzinga). In Tesla’s annual report, the company shared that […]
Tesla completed its Model Y factory at Gigafactory Shanghai last year, and the latter is already pumping out record production numbers to the world’s largest auto market in China, as the compact crossover SUV is seeing heavy demand. In a recent set of updates, Chinese media company PC Auto was allowed access to the inside […]