Tesla's Gigafactory Shanghai To Expand Annual Production To One Million EVs—Oops, Make It Two Million

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March 04, 2022
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Charles Morris

Tesla recently announced plans to ramp up production at the Gigafactory Shanghai. Reuters reported that Tesla filed documents with the local city government to ramp up production of its parts to meet growing export demand. The automaker plans to add production workshops, increase the number of workers at the plant, and increase the length of shifts.

Above: Tesla’s Model 3 at the Shanghai Gigafactory (Twitter: Tesla Greater China,

Last year, Tesla announced that the Gigafactory Shanghai had surpassed the company’s Fremont factory in production capacity. Tesla has made the Chinese factory its main export hub. In 2021, Tesla sold more than 470,000 China-made cars, of which more than 160,000 were exported, according to Xinhua news agency.

By the end of 2021, Shanghai Gig’s annual production rate had grown to over 800,000 vehicles, and the company is moving ahead at full speed with more expansions. The latest announcement is in addition to plans announced in November, which include investing about $190 million and adding 4,000 more employees to the current number of 15,000.

Elon Musk has said that he envisions the factory producing more than one million vehicles per year.

CATL, Tesla’s main battery cell supplier in China, is currently building a battery factory near Gigafactory Shanghai that is expected to have a capacity of 80 GWh per year – enough to power about 800,000 EVs.

It all adds up to a very ambitious expansion strategy — but Tesla isn’t just a dynamic target, it’s an accelerated target. Just days after news of the planned expansion broke, “two people familiar with the matter” told Reuters that Tesla plans to begin work on an entire second factory in Shanghai, possibly as early as next month. If and when the new plant comes online, the automaker’s production capacity in China could be as high as two million cars per year.

‘Go Giga’ Video Series

Above: Tesla recently released Go Giga, a fascinating video series to showcase the capabilities of Tesla and its Shanghai Gigafactory (YouTube: Tesla Greater China).

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This article originally appeared in Charged. Author: Charles Morris. Sources: Reuters, Electrek

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