Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory delivered more than 75,000 vehicles in April
The plant of the American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla in Shanghai, east China, delivered 75,842 vehicles in April, according to the China Passenger Car Manufacturers Association (CPCA).
At the end of 2022, this figure was 710,000. vehicles, up 48% from 2021.
As of early May, the company has deployed more than 1,600 super stations, more than 10,000 super-class charging stations and more than 700 charging stations on the Chinese mainland. public facilities.
Established in 2019, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory is the first of its kind outside the US.
American automaker Tesla announced last month that it would build a gigafactory in Shanghai a new gigafactory for the production of Megapack energy storage devices. According to the plan, the construction of a new plant will begin in the third quarter of this year, and production will start in the second quarter of 2024.
According to the China Automobile Industry Association, China is the world's largest market for the production and sales of vehicles on new energy sources (NEV). During the first quarter of 2023, NEV retail sales jumped 22.4% year-on-year to 1.31 million units.