Tesla Giga Shanghai

Giga Shanghai saw its 5-millionth battery pack roll off the line, marking a milestone for Tesla's largest global production facility.

The first Tesla Diner in Shanghai may open around Chinese New Year in 2026, with prices likely to be 70 percent of those in the US, according to a local media report.

Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory completed the capacity ramp-up for the updated Model Y in six weeks, setting a new record for it.

Deliveries of the facelifted Model Y in China will begin in late February, with the current Launch Series on sale for a limited time until February 28.

Tesla's Shanghai factory will begin mass production of the facelifted Model Y next month and is expected to begin deliveries of a six-seat Model Y in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to local media.

Song Gang joined Tesla Shanghai in December 2018 and was the No. 1 employee at Giga Shanghai.

Tesla China's payment cycle to supply chain partners has been further shortened to around 90 days from about 101 days in 2023, according to Tesla VP Grace Tao.

Tesla has over 400 local tier-1 suppliers signed up in China, more than 60 of which are in its global supply chain system, according to local media.

Tesla's Shanghai factory took 32 months to produce its first one million vehicles, and just 13 months to get from its two millionth to the three millionth vehicle.

By the end of August, Tesla had exported a total of 966,945 vehicles from China, according to data compiled by CnEVPost.