Tesla is planning to invest 42 million yuan to build a factory in China and produce charging piles in 2021

Recently, documents submitted by Tesla to Shanghai regulatory authorities showed that the former is planning to invest 42 million yuan to build a new factory to produce charging piles near the Tesla Gigafactory in Changhai.

In terms of details, according to Tesla, the Shanghai factory producing charging piles will be completed in February 2021, with an initial production capacity of 10,000 units per month.

The reason why Tesla chose to build charging piles at this time is mainly because the Chinese market is already the focus of Tesla's global strategy. Public data shows that in October 2020 alone, Tesla's shipments in China reached 13,000 vehicles. As the production capacity of Tesla's Shanghai Super Factory gradually increases, Tesla's shipments in China are likely to continue to rise in the future.

But on the other hand, Tesla has only built 490 supercharging stations in mainland China, which makes it difficult to meet the charging needs of the majority of car owners.

Based on these two relative trends, it is not surprising that Tesla chose to build a factory to produce charging piles one year after the Shanghai Super Factory went into production.

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