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Tesla has introduced a serious milestone at its Chinese language manufacturing facility, Gigafactory Shanghai, confirming on Monday that it had constructed its 4 millionth automobile.

Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai first began constructing vehicles again in October 2019 with Mannequin 3 meeting, simply ten months after the corporate broke floor on the plant’s 86-hectare piece of land.

First deliveries began in December 2019, with the primary models being given to staff. By the top of 2020, the plant was constructing vehicles at a run fee of round 150,000 autos yearly. Manufacturing continued to ramp up, and by September 2023, lower than three years after it began constructing Tesla’s EVs, it had constructed its two millionth automobile.

Quick ahead to December 2025, and Tesla has confirmed that 4 million vehicles have rolled off of manufacturing traces on the plant, a serious milestone within the six brief years it has been lively:

Produced our 4 millionth automobile at Gigafactory Shanghai?
Due to all our homeowners and supporters?? pic.twitter.com/DayVXUr220

— Tesla Asia (@Tesla_Asia) December 8, 2025

The capability at Giga Shanghai is exceeding 950,000 autos per yr, and this yr, the corporate has delivered 675,000 vehicles by way of the primary three quarters. It is usually the one plant to fabricate the Mannequin Y L, an extended wheel-based configuration of the all-electric crossover that’s unique to the Chinese language market.

Gigafactory Shanghai’s 4 million vehicles haven’t all stayed throughout the home market, both. For a substantial interval, the manufacturing facility was exporting a good portion of its month-to-month manufacturing to Europe, serving to Gigafactory Berlin complement some Mannequin Y quantity and all of its Mannequin 3 deliveries. That is because of the Berlin plant’s unique manufacturing plans for the Mannequin 3.

The location is likely one of the most vital within the firm’s world plans, and Gigafactory Shanghai’s unbelievable tempo, which has led to 4 million manufacturing models in nearly six years. It’s honest to say that it gained’t be lengthy till we’re seeing Tesla have a good time the plant’s 5 millionth automobile produced, which ought to occur someday late subsequent yr or in early 2027, primarily based on its present manufacturing tempo.

The corporate additionally builds the Megapack on the property in an adjoining Megafactory.