CNA – Tesla completed a project to expand production capacity at its Shanghai plant yesterday, according to a statement on a Shanghai government platform for companies’ environmental information disclosures.
Tesla began testing the production lines for the upgrade from yesterday. It will continue until November 30, the statement added. Reuters previously reported Tesla had been ramping up its output to reach a target of producing around 2,200 units of Model 3 and Model Y cars per week at the Shanghai plant. Tesla did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The US automaker planned to invest up to CNY1.2 billion (USD170 million) to expand production capacity at its Shanghai factory that would allow it to employ 4,000 more people at the site, state-backed Beijing Daily newspaper reported last November.
The project was originally expected to be finished in April, the Chinese media reported then.
