Tesla operates four electric car factories around the world—in California, China, Texas and Germany. However, one of them is crucial from the volume perspective: Tesla Giga Shanghai in China. As it turns out, the factory in Shanghai consistently produced more than half of all Tesla electric cars in the last few years. Get Fully Charged Tesla's EV production recently decreased In the first quarter of 2024, Tesla produced globally 433,371 electric vehicles, 2% less than a year ago.
Tesla's Global EV Production—Q1 2024 This all indicates the true value of the Tesla Giga Shanghai, which produces the Model 3 and Model Y for the Chinese market and exports . Both high-volume and high cost-efficiency are important here. The construction of the factory started in January 2019 and progressed at a pace and scale unheard of in the EV industry. The first customer deliveries of Made-in-China Model 3 happened on December 30, 2019—within one year.