On December 17th, Chongqing Renhe and Tesla Center held the "Shanghai Gigafactory Theme Exhibition" activity. Tesla "moved" the much-watched Shanghai Gigafactory to Chongqing, combined with various forms such as factory workshop video and information display boards, and physically displayed them through body-in-white, batteries, motors, etc., and started a hard-core journey with exhibitors.
The theme exhibition comprehensively analyzed the production and manufacturing processes of the Shanghai Super Factory die casting, stamping, welding, painting, assembly, motor, battery and other workshops, so that everyone can clearly see the manufacturing logic behind the star models. Walking around the exhibition area is like a complete visit to Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory and feeling Tesla China's "Oriental Intelligent Manufacturing".
This theme exhibition shares the localization process of Tesla's brand, shows the profound changes of Tesla in China for eight years, and witnesses Tesla's speed and China's speed. Inheriting Tesla's subversive and innovative Internet spirit, Shanghai Gigafactory has advanced management and manufacturing experience, and relies on China's perfect supply chain system to produce high-quality intelligent electric vehicles that lead the world.
Super Energy Saving and Environmental Protection: Reaching the future with sustainable energy-saving production
It is reported that the "Shanghai Gigafactory Theme Exhibition" event is Tesla's first comprehensive and systematic display in Chongqing - sustainable energy-saving production, star model production line, product influence, China localization performance, etc. Among them, in terms of energy conservation and environmental protection, the environmental protection measures of Shanghai Super Factory in logistics and transportation, power battery recycling, solid waste recycling and other aspects are displayed in detail.
The Shanghai Gigafactory fully implements Tesla's "sustainable" environmental protection concept. At the beginning of the design, the Shanghai Gigafactory developed optimal factory process control. Tesla lets trucks carrying production materials unload directly at the intersection of the required parts of the production line to reduce emissions from transportation, which is called "a warehouse on wheels."
In 2020, Tesla users worldwide reduced emissions by 5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the use of Tesla products. As of November, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory has delivered more than 400,000 vehicles in 2021, accounting for a large part of Tesla's global production capacity, making outstanding contributions to energy conservation and emission reduction.
In addition, Tesla has effectively achieved energy recovery and utilization. The Shanghai Gigafactory has achieved 92% of the metal reuse of battery raw materials and 96% of the recycling of manufacturing waste. Tesla has improved the management of industrial solid waste resources through technology, and the reuse rate has reached more than 94%.
Super craft: Tesla's star model production line is fully revealed
The workshop of the Shanghai Gigafactory has been attracting much attention, and it has been explained in detail on the spot. Different from the traditional vehicle manufacturing "punching and welding total" process, Tesla has also added a die-casting workshop, equipped with the world's largest 6,000-ton pressure casting machine, which can realize the model rear bottom and back plate integration structure in 180 seconds rapid die-casting molding, reducing more than 70 parts to 1 part. As a result, the product performance can be improved, the weight is reduced by 13%, and the working hours and costs of more than 1,000 welding processes in the back-bottom bottom plate welding production line are reduced, saving 20% of manufacturing costs and 30% of the factory land area.
Tesla has independently developed a production and manufacturing control system, which deeply supports the world's top manufacturing process, and is deeply applied to vehicle manufacturing, battery workshop, motor workshop, etc., with human-computer interaction, intelligent identification and traceability functions. At the same time, all corners of the automated production line are covered with high-reliability industrial networks, providing perfect network services for equipment automation, wireless connection of production equipment, production information data collection, intelligent decision-making, etc., effectively ensuring process efficiency, engineering design, quality control, etc.
At the scene, the "skeletal muscles" such as body structure, motor, and battery that were originally hidden in the body of the car made their collective debut in Chongqing, triggering exhibitors to watch. Through the design of the model 3 in China, the structural materials and the operation mechanism of the battery motor are interpreted, tesla's "design safety first" car-making concept is interpreted, focusing on Tesla's efforts to improve vehicle safety, and revealing this invisible "safety protection" to the public.
Super Speed: Tesla promotes China's localization strategy
As the world's leading integrated sustainable energy company, Tesla's mission is to "accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy", and its business covers electric vehicles, solar panels and energy storage equipment. In 2013, Tesla officially entered China and continued to promote the process of localization in China. In 2019, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory started, put into production and delivered in less than a year, allowing the world to witness the "Chinese speed" and "Tesla speed". In 2021, Tesla's Shanghai R&D and Innovation Center was completed and put into use, marking the comprehensive promotion of Tesla's localization strategy in China.
This year is the eighth year of Tesla's entry into China, in the Chinese mainland has opened more than 200 experience and service centers, layout more than 60 cities; has built more than 1,000 open super charging stations (more than 8,000 piles), with more than 700 destination charging stations (more than 1,800 piles), as well as a large number of home charging piles, covering more than 360 cities, has formed a complete and convenient service network and charging network.
In 2018, Tesla entered Chongqing and opened its first store, at present, Tesla has opened two Tesla centers and three experience stores in Chongqing, laying 25 superchargering stations (194 piles) and 13 destination charging stations (29 piles), basically achieving full coverage of important scenes in Chongqing. In the future, Tesla will accelerate the development of green travel in Chongqing and help achieve the goal of "double carbon".