China China Says Tesla Resuming Exports Despite Shanghai Lockdown May 11, 2022 The US carmaker shipped over 4,700 electric vehicles to Europe on Wednesday, its first exports from the city in almost a month, state media said.
Tesla’s Shanghai plant is still operating, despite the reinstatement of some stringent anti-Covid measures – and the US EV giant has just shipped its first exports from the locked-down city in almost a month, China’s state media says.
More than 4,700 Tesla electric vehicles embarked on a trip to Slovenia from a container port in Shanghai early on Wednesday morning, the Shanghai Observer reported.
The report said this was the first batch of shipments to Europe after Tesla got the green light from Shanghai authorities to resume partial production on April 19. The Shanghai Observer is a news website supervised by Jiefang Daily, which is the city’s main propaganda vehicle.
Western media reported on Tuesday that Shanghai’s reimposition of strict movement and logistical curbs, after a Communist Party Politburo meeting in Beijing last week reaffirmed China’s zero-Covid stance, brought Tesla’s production to another halt.
The new blow came well before Tesla could ramp up daily output of Model Y and Model 3 cars to normal levels. A key supplier also stopped deliveries this week after new Covid cases were found among its staff.
The Observer report quoted a customs official at Yangshan Container Port saying the exported vehicles were fresh off assembly lines at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory, and promptly cleared for shipment to Europe on the same day. The official said they streamlined processes to prioritise export of the cars as it would normally require more than 24 hours for them to handle all the paperwork.
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