It is a bit hard to believe how the times have changed. Just two years ago, all major news outlets would have jumped at any negative news article related to Tesla. Today is the first time we’ve seen where a very concerning article questioning quality standards and worker conditions in Giga Shanghai has not gone viral in US and European media.
Tesla has a goal to reach a total of 500,000 deliveries by the end of this year — in a couple of weeks. Wedbush’s Dan Ives points out that vehicle demand from China could help Tesla exceed that goal.
Tesla is starting the week after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday with several achievements in China.
You need a score card these days to keep up with what company is supplying battery cells to Tesla.
Tesla’s newest gigafactory, Giga Texas, is growing at a rapid speed, and construction workers are now operating 24/7 with three shifts.
Tesla’s made-in-China Model Y threatens NIO’s growing dominance in the electric SUV segment of the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market, according to Bloomberg analysts.
Sina Technology has reported that Tesla’s Giga Shanghai factory is planning to produce 550,000 cars in 2021, and also plans to export more than 100,000 of those made-in-China Teslas.
Reporting out of China today indicate that Tesla is shipping 7,000 Model 3s from its Shanghai gigafactory to Europe. They will reportedly arrive in November at a port in Belgium.
For a few years now, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been briefly, occasionally, and somewhat mysteriously mentioning a potential low-cost Tesla vehicle that would have a starting price significantly below the starting price of the Tesla Model 3.
During Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting and Battery Day event, Elon Musk pointed out something that many seemed to overlook — Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai is 100% owned by Tesla, an American company, and this is an incredibly big deal.
