Tesla said its Gigafactory in Shanghai has produced its 6 millionth battery pack, marking another production milestone at the company’s largest manufacturing base worldwide. The company announced the achievement on the Chinese social media platform Weibo on Tuesday, saying it continues to focus on in-house research and development and independent design from cell chemistry to battery pack structure.
Tesla said its battery packs go through multiple rounds of stringent testing and are designed to deliver strong performance, long service life and high safety standards. The latest milestone follows the 5 millionth battery pack produced at Giga Shanghai in November 2025, meaning the factory manufactured the next 1 million packs in about nine months.
Tesla does not produce battery cells in China. Instead, Giga Shanghai mainly sources cells from CATL and LG Energy Solution. The Shanghai facility is located in Lingang New Area and is Tesla’s first vehicle plant outside the United States as well as China’s first wholly foreign-owned vehicle manufacturing project.
Construction of the plant began in January 2019, and production started before the end of that year. Deliveries of the Model 3 sedan began in January 2020, followed by the Model Y SUV in January 2021. The factory now has an annual production capacity of about 1 million vehicles and has become Tesla’s largest and most heavily utilized manufacturing site globally. Over more than six years of operation, it has contributed nearly half of Tesla’s global EV deliveries.
Tesla has also recorded other milestones at the site, including the rollout of its 10 millionth electric drive system globally in August 2024 and the production of its 4 millionth China-made Tesla vehicle in December 2025. At the end of July this year, Tesla said it had produced its 10 millionth EV globally.
Even so, sales in China have weakened. Tesla delivered 27,249 vehicles in China in July, down 32.91% year over year, according to data compiled by CnEVPost based on figures from the China Passenger Car Association. Exports helped support utilization at the plant, with Tesla shipping a record 66,330 vehicles abroad in July. The company is also expanding its product lineup, and China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently showed a new Model Y variant with a 659-kilometer range, which is expected to be a performance version.
Source: CnEVPost
