1. The "IT Times" reporter went to the Tesla Shanghai factory again. More than 300 people at the second phase of the project rushed to work in 24-hour shifts. In October, the second phase of the Tesla Shanghai factory was completed, and the Model Y could soon be put into mass production.
2. An endless stream of job seekers, suppliers, and construction workers flocked to the Tesla factory area, and even the deserted factory doors set up a night market stall that stretched for 100 meters.
Nearly 20 Tesla domestic Model 3 took a 3-metre-high consignment car and shipped it from Shanghai Lingang to Tesla experience stores across the country. The same scene appeared every hour, and the pause button would not be pressed even when night fell. Tesla Model 3, which has been continuously popping out of the production line, has become a hot commodity in first-tier cities. Looking at the data in June this year, Tesla Model 3 has hit a record high in wholesale sales of 14,954 vehicles. On the sales rankings of passenger cars in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, Tesla is leading the way by 2 to 3 times more than the second place.
Compared with the bare steel frame structure in April, the white facade of the second-phase plant has been roughly completed, and the construction of another steel structure has been completed. Excavators, cranes, forklifts and other large-scale engineering equipment have been withdrawn. "We are the main construction team of the second-phase plant. More than 300 people work in 24-hour shifts. After the second-phase project is completed, the Model Y will be put into mass production soon.
