For Tesla, 2021 is a year of eyeballs. As the world's first car company with a market value of more than one trillion US dollars, Tesla's gigafactory in Shanghai can be said to have made a lot of contributions. According to relevant statistics, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory has produced more than 50,000 vehicles for three consecutive months in September, October and November this year, after media estimates that if the factory maintains this capacity, its annual output will reach 672,000 units, and will surpass Tesla's Fremont Gigafactory in California to become the world's largest electric vehicle manufacturing plant. So do you know, how long will it take for Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory to produce a Tesla?
Tesla Model 3
Recently, some videos about Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory revealed this answer. The videos consisted of a 10-minute clip and a 5-minute clip of the Model Y model leaving the workshop. After watching the video, it was found that in the 10-minute clip, a total of 16 new cars rolled off the production line, an average of 38 seconds per vehicle. In the next 5 minutes, a total of 7 cars drove out of the factory, which means that each car took an average of 43 seconds. Of course, since this is only a statistic of the production capacity of a smaller period of time, it does not represent its overall average speed.
Tesla production line
In addition to the Shanghai Gigafactory, Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, will also be officially put into operation early next year, and according to the previously revealed plan, the plant will produce the Model 3 and Model Y at a rate of 45 seconds per vehicle, which will not be surprising considering that the factory will use more advanced production technology. In order to achieve Musk's ambitious goal of 20 million units per year in 2030, I believe that in the near future, more and more high-efficiency Tesla gigafactories will appear around the world.