Tesla’s Megafactory in Shanghai, dedicated to producing energy storage products, officially began production today with a ceremony held in the Lingang new area, as reported by local media outlet The Paper.
Construction of the factory began in May 2024, and in a display of Tesla’s rapid development pace, products rolled off the assembly line just nine months later—three months ahead of the timeline set for Giga Shanghai, the company’s electric vehicle factory. This accomplishment highlights what has become known as “Tesla speed” and “Shanghai speed,” according to the report.
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The Shanghai Megafactory will begin ramping up its production capacity in the first quarter of 2025. This marks a significant milestone for Tesla, as it represents the company’s expansion beyond electric vehicles into energy storage solutions, with products being produced in China for both domestic and global markets. An official from the Lingang new area commented, “This is an important milestone for Tesla, marking the beginning of more Tesla products going from China to the world.”
Tesla began constructing its first energy storage facility outside the United States in May 2024, located in the Pudong district of Shanghai’s Lingang new area. The factory’s first customer in China for its Megapack product was the Shanghai Lingang Economic Development Group, which signed its first orders at the groundbreaking ceremony last year.
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Tesla’s Shanghai Megafactory will produce the Megapack, a large-scale commercial energy storage battery, with an annual production capacity of up to 10,000 units, equating to an energy storage scale of nearly 40 GWh. This capacity could provide enough energy to power 50,000 homes in Shanghai for an entire year.
The production startup at the Megafactory is expected to ease supply constraints that have limited the availability of Tesla’s Powerwall and Megapack products, which have been in high demand as new markets open up.