Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory made its 1 millionth automobile

Plant closures and different challenges did not maintain Tesla’s Chinese language manufacturing facility from crossing a key milestone. As Electrek notes, firm chief Elon Musk has revealed that Gigafactory Shanghai just lately produced its 1 millionth automobile. As talked about earlier in August, Musk famous that Tesla has made a complete of three million electric vehicles so far.

The ability has rapidly develop into a cornerstone of Tesla’s manufacturing technique. It began manufacturing in late 2019, however ramped as much as the purpose the place it grew to become the biggest EV manufacturing facility on the planet. Its annual manufacturing fee topped 800,000 by the top of 2021, making it essential to Tesla’s record-setting year. Gigafactory Shanghai is now the corporate’s important export hub, delivering automobiles to Europe and different key markets along with China.

The Shanghai manufacturing facility is regularly changing into only one piece in a bigger puzzle. The newly opened Gigafactories in Berlin and Texas will drive at the very least some near-term progress, and Tesla is exploring the potential for factories in locations like Canada. For now, although, the Chinese language plant can be important to assembly ever-higher production goals and competing with worldwide EV makers.