According to the foreign media outlet Electrek’s report, a French Model 3 owner has shared his order information, which shows that the Model 3 is made in China.
Tonight, Tesla has officially announced that the first batch of locally-manufactured Model 3s will be shipped to Europe on Tuesday and will be delivered as early as the end of next month. The export countries for this batch of vehicles include more than ten European countries such as Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland. The exported model is the Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which is identical in configuration to the Model 3 sold in the Chinese market.
Previously, Model 3s in the European market have always been produced by the Fremont factory in the US, and Elon once pledged that vehicles produced by the Shanghai factory would only be supplied to the Chinese market and would not be exported.
The impact of this epidemic on global manufacturing is no less than an economic crisis. Thanks to the efficient control of the epidemic in China, the resumption of work at the Shanghai factory has been effectively accelerated, making it possible for Elon’s planned annual delivery target of 500,000 vehicles to become a reality. However, it is currently only a possibility, as the epidemics in the US and Europe have yet to stabilize. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand Elon’s expectation of a Shanghai factory with a production capacity of one million vehicles.
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