Tao Lin: 99.99% of the Shanghai factory is Chinese. Domestic Tesla is also a proper "domestic product"

Tao Lin, Tesla's vice president of external affairs, shared a set of information, "Tesla's Shanghai factory is firmly in the 'C' position! In just one month, the sales volume of China's intelligently manufactured Model Y in South Korea surpassed that of Mercedes-Benz and BMW." “The Shanghai Gigafactory is difficult to surpass” Elon Musk once commented.

Of the 1.324 million electric vehicles Tesla delivered globally in the first three quarters of this year, more than 50% came from the Shanghai Gigafactory. In South Korea, the China-made Model Y surpassed Mercedes-Benz and BMW in just one month and became the best-selling imported car there.

at present,The localization rate of Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory's industrial chain has exceeded 95%, and 99.99% of the factory team members are Chinese employees. Many people lamented: Tesla made in China is also a proper "domestic product"!

In addition, Tesla China President Wang Hao also said in an interview before that China's new energy vehicle market is very large and has good development momentum, and Tesla looks forward to working hand in hand with China's new energy vehicle industry.

Wang Hao said that the localization rate of Tesla's Shanghai factory's supply chain exceeds 95%. "There are about 360 local first-tier suppliers that have signed contracts. Tesla has brought about 60 of them to the international market, and they have also been recognized by other international automobile manufacturers."