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Tesla sold 32165 vehicles wholesale in China in May, including 22340 for export and 9825 for domestic retail, according to the Federation of passengers. In addition, Tesla sold a total of 215851 vehicles in China from January to May 2022.

The Chinese market means a lot to Tesla. Data show that Tesla delivered a total of 936000 new cars worldwide in 2021, an increase of 87% over the same period last year, of which Tesla Shanghai Super Factory delivered 484000 vehicles, an increase of 235% over the same period last year, accounting for 51.7% of Tesla's total global delivery. it is Tesla's first single market in the world. Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Musk said that in the long run, the Chinese market would account for 25 to 30 per cent of Tesla's sales.

In addition, Tesla Shanghai Factory has become Tesla's major global export center. Data show that in 2021, Tesla delivered 484000 new cars for the whole year, of which 321000 were retail in China, and the remaining 163000 were mainly exported to Japan, Europe and other countries. In the Chinese market, there will be 169853 Model Y retail vehicles and 150890 Model 3 retail vehicles in 2021.

April was the darkest moment since Tesla entered China. Data show that Tesla sold only 1512 vehicles in April, down 94.15% from a year earlier and 97.70% from a month earlier. Affected by the epidemic in Shanghai, Tesla's Shanghai factory stopped production in April and did not resume production until April 19. At present, even though Tesla has resumed production, under the influence of epidemic prevention and control and the supply of spare parts, it still takes a long time to climb to the pre-epidemic level, and its production speed is still relatively slow. In terms of specific models, Model Y delivered 960 vehicles and Model 3 delivered 552 vehicles.

According to Tesla, at present, the factory adopts the "two-shift system" for closed production, and the capacity utilization rate has been restored to 100%. Tesla China said that with the strong support of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce, Tesla Shanghai Super Factory actively cooperated and completed the resumption of work in April. In order to ensure safety, the factory adopts the "two-shift" system for closed production. at present, it has produced more than 40,000 vehicles, and the capacity utilization rate has been restored to 100%. At the same time, it is also actively driving and helping brother enterprises in the industrial chain to return to work efficiently. promote the entire new energy vehicle industry chain from production to logistics, from sales to delivery as soon as possible.

On May 11, the "Gro magnificent" rolling ship carrying 4767 Tesla electric cars set sail from the Shanghai Nangang wharf to the Slovenian port of Coppel. It is understood that this is the first batch of electric cars exported by Tesla's Shanghai factory since it resumed production on April 19th.

As Tesla's "global export center", while steadily increasing domestic delivery, the Shanghai super factory has also worked hard to produce some export vehicles. At present, some vehicles are being shipped to the Asia-Pacific region, and a large number of products are also loaded in the near future, and exports will be shipped to Europe and other places. Tao Lin, vice president of Tesla Global, said, "Automobile is an industry with a very long industry chain. Tesla's resumption of work means that many suppliers have to go back to work with it in order to ensure the stability and continuity of Tesla's production."

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