Build a car in an average of 34 seconds! The annual production capacity of Tesla's Shanghai factory may exceed 1 million units

In 2021, Tesla delivered a total of 936172 vehicles, an 87% increase from 499647 in 2020, and Tesla's growth rate exceeded the expectations of all analysts before.

The Shanghai Tesla Gigafactory has exceeded 400,000 vehicles in 2021, reaching 413283 vehicles, and the Chinese market has become Tesla's largest single market in the world.

In December, Tesla sold more than 70,000 units in China, reaching 70,847 units. According to this production rate, it is theoretically possible to produce about 850,000 units a year.

Tesla's Shanghai factory has also become the world's highest-output electric vehicle factory, with an average production time of just over 38 seconds per vehicle (calculated 24/7).

The latest drone video shows that Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory in China still seems to maintain extremely high productivity, at least during peak periods to produce more electric vehicles.

On January 14, 2022, about 18 Tesla Model Ys in the 10-minute video are ready to be shipped, in other words, a Tesla electric SUV can be produced in less than 34 seconds, even faster than in December.

In addition, another 10-minute video from Tesla's Model 3 factory shows 11 cars leaving the production building, which translates to an average of 55 seconds to produce a Tesla Model 3, which will reach 47,000 on a monthly basis.

If the above production rate is followed, the total output in 1 year is even nearly 1.5 million units, so there is reason to speculate that Tesla's Shanghai factory will reach a production capacity of 1 million units in 2022.

At present, the construction preparations for the third phase of Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory in China are underway, and the area is doubled compared to the current proportion, and Tesla's production capacity improvement road will continue.