At Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, using automation has helped the automaker attain spectacular manufacturing cycle occasions, as just lately famous by the corporate’s manufacturing web page.
On Friday, the Tesla Manufacturing web page shared a brief video on X, highlighting the truth that Giga Shanghai operates with 95 % automation, which permits the plant to finish a car in simply 39.62 seconds. The put up additionally factors out that Giga Shanghai constructed its first million automobiles in two and a half years, whereas the second million took simply 12 months.
You may watch the 45-second clip beneath, that includes photographs from round Giga Shanghai from logistics to casting, stamping, common meeting and extra.
Giga Shanghai operates a 95% automated manufacturing line, enabling a cycle time of lower than 40 seconds!From taking 2.5 years for the primary million automobiles to be produced, the second million was accomplished in simply 12 months 🚘🪄 pic.twitter.com/IF1w27AFPr
— Tesla Manufacturing (@gigafactories) January 5, 2024
Tesla presently produces the Mannequin Y SUV and its up to date Mannequin 3 sedan on the Gigafactory, and the automaker celebrated reaching a milestone of two million autos produced in September.
It was reported final month that Tesla’s Mannequin Y manufacturing has accelerated considerably on the Shanghai plant, with the automaker anticipated to provide twice as many Mannequin Y models as its Mannequin 3 models. In October, Tesla formally elevated the manufacturing facility’s estimated annual capability to greater than 950,000 models, up from its earlier forecast of round 750,000.
Tesla launched the Shanghai-built, redesigned Mannequin 3 in a lot of international locations final yr, with huge batches of the sedan being noticed during the last a number of months as they had been ready for cargo from town’s port. Equally, Tesla is anticipated to launch a redesigned Mannequin Y in 2024, with mass manufacturing of the upgraded car slated to begin across the center of the yr.
Final yr, Tesla additionally launched a Mannequin Y with some small modifications within the Chinese language auto market, together with new inside ambient lighting, the elimination of wooden trim present in earlier fashions, and a barely improved acceleration time.
Up to date 4:43 pm MT: Corrected the second paragraph to say that Giga Shanghai can full manufacturing of its autos in 39.62 seconds, after incorrectly writing that it might produce a car from begin to end in that point.
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