On the afternoon of April 23, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said through social media that Tesla's work in China is progressing very amazingly.
After three weeks of production suspension, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory officially resumed work and production on April 19. Tesla said that there is still about a week of inventory of vehicle parts, and is currently actively promoting the resumption of work and production of more than 100 suppliers with the support of relevant government departments and smoothing the logistics chain.
Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory officially resumed work, which will promote more than 100 suppliers to resume work collaboratively
According to the news report, Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory has 8,000 employees on the job, officially resumed work and production on April 19, the battery motor module began to run at full speed in the morning, and the vehicle assembly is gradually recovering.
Song Gang, senior director of production and manufacturing at Tesla Gigafactory, said in an interview, "We will gradually climb the production capacity in the next three or four days to the level of full production in the overall single shift."
Tesla said that there is still about a week of inventory of vehicle parts, and is currently supported by relevant state departments, as well as the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, Lingang Management Committee and other departments, actively promoting more than 100 suppliers to resume work and production, and smooth the logistics chain.
At present, all employees in the Tesla factory implement the testing requirements of early antigen and late nucleic acid, and the production office area is disinfected every day, and the epidemic prevention work is strictly done to ensure safe production.
On the evening of the 19th, Tao Lin, vice president of Tesla's external affairs, posted on Weibo, "Thank you for all your concern and support, and report to you: Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory successfully resumed work today." ”
It is understood that Tesla's Shanghai factory is Tesla's second super factory overseas, mainly producing two models, The Model 3 and Model Y. The data shows that in 2021, Tesla's Shanghai factory delivered 484,000 vehicles, an increase of 235% year-on-year, accounting for 51.7% of Tesla's total global deliveries.
The latest data shows that in the first quarter of 2022, Tesla produced a total of 305,400 cars worldwide and delivered 310,000 vehicles. Production of the Model S and Model X models was 14,218 units, with deliveries of 14,724 units, while production of the Model 3 and Model Y was 291,200 units, with deliveries of 295,300 units.
This article is synthesized from brokerage China, Weibo, etc