Tesla China recently announced its latest milestone. As per Tesla Vice President Grace Tao in a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo, Gigafactory Shanghai has successfully exported its 1 millionth vehicle. The milestone highlights Giga Shanghai’s designation as Tesla’s primary vehicle export hub.
In her post, the Tesla VP noted that it has only been four years since Giga Shanghai started exporting its vehicles to foreign territories. She noted that Tesla’s China-made vehicles have been delivered all over the world, from Europe to the Asia-Pacific region and to countries like Australia and New Zealand.
“Today, the 1 millionth Tesla made in China was shipped from Shanghai Nangang Terminal. In just four years since the first batch of vehicles were exported, Tesla made in China has been exported to many countries and regions such as Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, and has been highly recognized by overseas markets.
“Thank you to every new and old car owner for their love and support. We continue to serve global consumers with high-quality products and accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy!” Tao wrote in her Weibo post. The official Tesla Asia account echoed the same sentiments, thanking the company’s owners and supporters for its recent milestone.
Exported the 1 millionth car from Giga Shanghai⚡️
— Tesla Asia (@Tesla_Asia) September 28, 2024
Thanks to all Tesla owners and supporters! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aeEkPA2SR0
Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai started its construction in January 2019, to much skepticism from TSLA bears. Yet despite critics essentially insisting that the Giga Shanghai site was generally just a mud field with some digging going on, the facility did start producing China-made Model 3 vehicles at the end of the year. First deliveries to company employees were also held before the end of 2019.
Consumer deliveries of the Model 3 started in January 2020, and just one year later, consumer deliveries of the Tesla Model Y started as well. Gigafactory Shanghai formally started exporting vehicles to foreign markets in April 2021. As per a CNEVPost report, Giga Shanghai’s first-ever month of exports was quite significant at 14,174 units. From January to August of this year, Tesla China has exported 199,437 vehicles so far.
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