Tesla has begun trial manufacturing at its new Shanghai megafactory, which is devoted to manufacturing Megapack vitality storage batteries. The mass manufacturing is anticipated to start out within the first quarter of 2025 – lower than a 12 months since building began.
The brand new megafactory is situated close to Tesla’s present car gigafactory within the Lingang space and marks the corporate’s first vitality storage plant outdoors the US. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred on Could 23, and the development was accomplished in seven months, Tesla China advised the state-owned Xinhua company on Tuesday.
The plant building set a brand new file of “Tesla velocity” in China, as Tesla’s first Shanghai plant was constructed inside a 12 months in 2019, Xinhua notes.
Tesla’s stationary vitality storage merchandise embrace the Powerwall, Powerpack, and Megapack. The second Tesla manufacturing facility in China will primarily manufacture Megapacks for the home market and export.
The manufacturing facility is designed to provide 10,000 Megapack models yearly, equal to round 40 GWh of vitality storage capability. In keeping with Tesla, every Megapack can retailer greater than 3 MWh of vitality, ample to energy roughly 3,600 properties for an hour. Megapacks will use lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP).
Tesla signed its first Megapack orders with the Shanghai Lingang Financial Growth Group. In keeping with native authorities, the brand new megafactory, which spans 200,000 sq. meters, represents an funding of roughly 1.45 billion yuan (202 million USD).
The venture is Tesla’s second main facility in Shanghai, following the development of its Gigafactory in 2019. Tesla China’s fundamental Megapack battery cell provider is CATL, however the firm has diversified its provide chain. In June, it partnered with FinDreams, a battery manufacturing unit of BYD, to produce battery cells for the Megapacks beginning within the first quarter of 2025, native media reported.
