Recently, we learned from Tesla that its sales volume in April was 1512 vehicles, and all sales were domestic deliveries. The main reason for Tesla's sluggish sales in April was the impact of the epidemic in Shanghai, but on April 19, Tesla's Shanghai factory had resumed work.
Different from the way traditional manufacturers pile up a large number of inventory cars, Tesla's direct operation model allows vehicles to be delivered directly from the production line to the hands of users, so when Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory was hit by the epidemic in April, the production end directly affected the delivery end.
Wu Qiang, deputy mayor of Shanghai Pudong New Area, said that since Tesla resumed work and production on April 19, it has rolled off the production line of 10,000 vehicles as of April 30 without full recovery. From January to April 2022, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory has delivered 183686 vehicles, more than 1.7 times the delivery volume in the same period last year, and even surpassed the delivery volume in 2020. Tao Lin, global vice president of Tesla, said: "We believe that the epidemic is only a short test and challenge, and we have seen the ability of all walks of life to cope with challenges from the process of resuming work, and believe that production will soon return to normal." On April 23, Tesla CEO Musk sighed: "Tesla's work in China is progressing very amazingly. ”