Tesla China has reached one other manufacturing milestone at Gigafactory Shanghai, rolling out the power’s 5 millionth domestically produced drive unit.
The milestone was celebrated by the corporate in a put up on its official Weibo account. In its put up, the Giga Shanghai crew may very well be seen posing with the 5 millionth drive unit.
Giga Shanghai’s main benchmark
The milestone drive unit was produced at Gigafactory Shanghai, which produces the Mannequin Y and the Mannequin 3. In a launch, Tesla China famous that its three-in-one built-in electrical drive system combines the motor, gearbox, and inverter right into a single compact meeting. This varieties a strong “coronary heart” for the corporate’s electrical automobiles.
Tesla China additionally famous that its drive items’ built-in design improves vitality conversion effectivity whereas lowering general weight and complexity, advantages that translate into stronger efficiency, improved dealing with, and longer service life for its autos.
The brand new milestone builds on earlier achievements on the identical website. In July 2024, Tesla introduced that its 10 millionth electrical drive system globally had rolled off the road on the Shanghai plant, making it the primary self-produced Tesla part to achieve that quantity.
Extra not too long ago, the manufacturing unit additionally produced its 4 millionth China-made car, a Mannequin Y L. The manufacturing unit has additionally continued hitting international manufacturing milestones, rolling out Tesla’s 9 millionth EV worldwide late final 12 months, with the landmark car being a Tesla Mannequin Y.
Tesla China’s position
Building of Giga Shanghai started in January 2019, with manufacturing beginning by the tip of that 12 months. This made it the primary wholly foreign-owned automotive manufacturing undertaking in China. The power started delivering Mannequin 3 autos domestically in early 2020 and added Mannequin Y manufacturing in 2021. The plant is now able to producing about 1 million autos yearly.
All through 2025, Giga Shanghai delivered 851,732 autos, representing a 7.08% year-on-year decline, in accordance with information compiled by CNEVPost. Even so, current months confirmed renewed momentum.
In December alone, Tesla China recorded wholesale gross sales of 97,171 autostogether with home deliveries and exports, making it the corporate’s second-best month-to-month whole on file, per information from the China Passenger Automotive Affiliation. Retail gross sales throughout December reached roughly 94,000 items, up about 13% 12 months over 12 months.
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