Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in China today to help break ground on a brand new Gigafactory in Shanghai. The factory itself will manufacture cars exclusively for customers in China and will solely be used to manufacture entry level versions of the Model 3 and the Model Y, Tesla’s forthcoming Model 3 crossover.
If all goes according to plan, construction will move at a rapid clip and production at the new factory will begin later this year. And while it remains to be seen what the Gigafactory’s production numbers look like by the end of the year, the factory reportedly has a maximum production capacity of 500,000 units per year. That said, Musk indicated that high-volume production at the factory won’t begin until 2020.
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