Tesla Giga Shanghai Breaks Local Demand Promise? Model Y, Model 3 Covers Half of China's Exported EVs This 2022

Tesla Giga Shanghai's manufactured EV units cover around 50% of China's exported EVs, based on new data.

In the first half of 2022, the Asian country was able to deliver more than 200,000 zero-emission cars outside of China.

This detail was confirmed after the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) published its latest EV export data on Thursday, July 14.

Aside from the overall number of exported electric vehicle units, CAAM also included how many Tesla Giga Shanghai-manufactured EVs were sold outside the country.

Based on the information provided by CAAM, there are indeed lots of exported Tesla EVs.

Tesla Giga Shanghai Breaks Local Demand Promise?

According to Electrek's latest report, when Elon Musk announced his plan to construct the massive manufacturing plant in China, the billionaire promised that Giga Shanghai would only be used for local demands.

However, CAAM's latest data shows the opposite. The Chinese association claimed that 97,182 Tesla electric cars were exported during the first half of 2022.

This means that Tesla covers around 48% of China's overall exported EVs. Among the top-selling models manufactured by Giga Shanghai are Model 3 and Model Y.

Before CAAM released its official EV export data, Tesla announced that it wanted to make Giga Shanghai its new export hub.

The giant EV maker shared this decision during its Q2 2021 result announcement.

"Due to strong U.S. demand and global average cost optimization, we have completed the transition of Gigafactory Shanghai as the primary vehicle export hub," said Tesla.

Now, data shows that the automaker's sudden change of plan is working out pretty well.

Is This Good for China?

For the past few years, experts claimed that Western countries were commonly hesitant when it comes to purchasing EVs manufactured in China, even if European and American carmakers are the ones producing them.

This is also the same scenario in other made-in-China products. However, Tesla was able to get the trust of its consumers outside China, allowing it to cover almost half of China's EV export.

Aside from Tesla, Polestar, BMW, and Volvo are also seeing success in their China-based exported electric cars.

On the other hand, the Tesla Supercharger now offers better experiences, thanks to the automaker's Starlink internet system integrations.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk introduced the new Tesla Robovan concept.

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Written by: Griffin Davis