According to Reuters yesterday, an internal planning document showed that Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory will be in continuous production for 17 days from January 3 to January 19, 2023, and then in January 2023. Production of electric vehicles will be suspended from 20th to 31st January, which is longer than the Lunar New Year holiday (21st to 27th January). This means that the production reduction plan at the plant that started in December 2022 will be extended until 2023.
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According to the report of Car Emperor, in response to the above news, Tesla responded, “Tesla’s holiday information posted on the Internet is not accurate. In fact, most employees of the Shanghai Gigafactory will have a holiday on January 20-28. This will be one day longer than before and after the statutory holiday, so that everyone can flexibly arrange the time to return home. Some employees have spent the holidays on the spot for the past two years, and have not been home for the New Year for several years. At the same time, some workshops still need to continue to operate at high speed during this period , We have already made relevant arrangements and preparations.”
For reference, in the last week of December 2021, Tesla’s Shanghai plant remained in normal operation and only had a three-day break during the 2022 Lunar New Year.
In addition, not long ago, Reuters also reported that, according to an internal notice and informed sources, “Tesla has suspended production at the Shanghai Gigafactory on December 24, 2022. Most of the shift plans have been suspended.” Tesla responded by saying: “The Shanghai plant will still maintain efficient production and excellent output in 2022. Vehicle production will proceed as planned next week (the last week of December). At the same time, after a year of hard work, the workers also took a break during the maintenance period of the production line. The workshops such as charging piles have not stopped the line, and (the outside world) said that the factory has stopped production is not entirely accurate. “
Tesla had previously set a goal of increasing production and electric vehicle deliveries by 50% in 2022. Analysts expect the company’s electric vehicle production to fall short of that target, based on forecasts for the soon-ending fourth quarter, an increase of closer to about 45% from the previous year.
