Tesla Shanghai Has 95% Automation and Higher Density Operations

By Brian Wang

Reporters visited Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory and provided the following information.

• Giga Shanghai is in full operation.

• Save 100 meters of production line through the use of vertical lifts.

• Four workshops are connected and manufactured parts can be transferred within the workshop.

• Fully automated production has been achieved by 95%, and the automation rate of welding workshops is around 100%.

• Tesla is very confident in the Chinese market.

Tesla is reported to having a car come out of the Shanghai factory every 30 seconds. Two years ago this was a car every 45 seconds and one year ago it was a car every 40 seconds.

A sustained rate of a car every 30 seconds would mean about 30% high rate of production. This could be an increase of 350,000 in vehicle capacity in a year. Tesla Shanghai has had months over 90,000 cars produced. This is about 1.1 million cars. 350,000 more car capacity would mean 1.4 to 1.5 million cars per year can be made in Shanghai. This would also be an improvement that can be applied to Fremont, Texas and Berlin. The Texas and Berlin are below their capacity. Eventually, Tesla will ramp Texas and Berlin to higher capacity.