As the new crown pneumonia epidemic in China is rapidly deteriorating, internal notices and two people familiar with the matter revealed that the US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla (TSLA-US) last Saturday (24th) temporarily stopped production at the Shanghai factory, one day earlier than originally planned.
According to Archyde.com, sources said Tesla canceled the morning shift at the Shanghai factory and told all employees that they might start their holidays. The company did not say why.
Tesla was originally scheduled to suspend Model Y production at the Shanghai plant from Sunday to January 1 next year. In the last week of December last year, the Shanghai plant still maintained normal operations, so it is not customary to shut down at the end of the year.
A surge in the number of people infected in China and workers at Tesla and suppliers have also tested positive, people familiar with the matter said, posing challenges to factory operations over the past week.
Tesla China said on Sunday: “The Shanghai factory will still maintain efficient production and excellent output in 2022. Vehicle production will be carried out as planned for the annual production line maintenance work next week (that is, this week). After a year of hard work, personnel were also rested during the maintenance period of the production line. The charging piles and other workshops have not stopped, and the media’s statement that the factory has stopped production is not entirely accurate.”
