Drone photographer Wu Wa revealed that the Tesla Giga Shanghai reopened and reoperated on January 3, while the production ramp-up is ongoing on January 5. The video showed around 45 delivery trucks and haulers swarming the Chinese Gigafactory to pick up the Tesla cars for customer deliveries, as per Teslarati.
Tesla continued the production ramp-up as soon as it reopened
YouTube content creator Wa highlighted that the Giga Shanghai is busy, which may be unusual as it just reopened. Reports have also suggested that the leading American automaker has demand problems.
Evidently, Tesla is once again increasing production to regain regular operations before it reportedly plans to take a break from January 20 to January 31 for the Chinese New Year.
Furthermore, a report states that Giga Shanghai would be operating from January 3 through January 19. However, Tesla has yet to confirm this report.
Numerous delivery trucks were spotted at the Giga Shanghai
Wu Wa’s latest video makes it clear that Tesla intends to maximize its operation in the working days in January. The abundance of haulers parked outside the factory is really impressive, especially given how busy the plant is.
They are obviously waiting for the finished EVs so they can transport them to their destinations.
Wu Wa has been following Tesla’s Giga Shanghai since 2019. Now, he has offered some relevant comments about the spotted haulers at the production plant.
“I was impressed by the line of haulers waiting to enter the factory outside and the neatly arranged haulers in the factory parking area. I counted about 45 haulers parked on site, the most I’ve seen so far, and it was clear that Tesla has picked up the pace of logistics.”
Wu Wa
Giga Shanghai’s Growth
Giga Shanghai has served as Tesla’s main production plant in China and output hub for many years. It supplies the European market and others with Tesla Model Y units.
It is also worth noting that the Q4 results for Tesla Giga Shanghai were impressive. However, the automaker saw a decline in wholesale units in December.
Specifically, just 55,796 vehicles were sold by Tesla China to domestic or international consumers, representing a month-on-month decline of 44%.
In 2022, Tesla faced more intense competition in the Chinese market. That said, 2023 will be an exciting year for the EV giant’s Chinese plant. On top of that, China’s top executive, Tom Zhu, has accepted a higher position within Europe and the United States.
Remarkably, Tesla keeps ramping up new factories, renovating old production plants, and constructing new ones. All that considered, it may finally be possible for Tesla to cut the month-to-year wait time for customer deliveries.
