Tesla's Gigafactory in Lingang, Shanghai Photo: VCG

US' electric car maker Tesla announced on Monday that its Shanghai Gigafactory has reached a new milestone with the rollout of its 4 millionth vehicle, a landmark achievement for the company's largest production hub in Shanghai. The plant now contributes nearly half of Tesla's worldwide electric vehicle deliveries, the company told the Global Times on Monday. 

As the most efficient automobile manufacturing facility in the world, the Shanghai Gigafactory produces one vehicle roughly every 30 seconds and the jump from 3 million to 4 million units took less than 14 months. Such high production efficiency has enabled Tesla to offer consumers higher-quality products at more affordable prices, the company said in a statement. 

The Shanghai Gigafactory also serves as Tesla's global export center. In addition to meeting demand from consumers in the Chinese mainland, its vehicles are widely shipped to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. In October 2025, the factory exported more than 35,000 vehicles, marking its highest monthly export volume in two years, the company said. 

Tesla's footprint in Shanghai extends beyond vehicle manufacturing. In February 2025, the company's Shanghai Energy Storage Gigafactory officially began operations—the first energy storage megafactory Tesla has built outside the US.

The plant is designed to produce 10,000 units of Tesla's Megapack, its large-scale commercial energy storage system, with a total capacity of nearly 40 gigawatt-hours. Products are supplied to markets worldwide. Just over a month after production began, the first batch of Megapack systems manufactured at the facility was shipped to Australia.

In addition, the Shanghai Gigafactory works with more than 400 local suppliers, over 60 of which have already been integrated into Tesla's global supply chain. 

"Whether in the US, China, or Europe, Tesla employs the same rigorous and objective standards in selecting suppliers across all its global production sites, based entirely on quality, total cost, technological maturity, and long-term supply continuity," Tesla Vice President Grace Tao Lin wrote in a post on Weibo.com on November 26. "The supplier's country of origin or geographical location does not constitute an exclusionary criterion."

Global Times