Set to resume production at its Shanghai factory, Tesla has now further delayed the reopening following COVID-19 lockdowns.
The Shanghai factory, located in the Pudong district east of the city’s Huangpu River, suspended production from Monday to Thursday after the city launched a two-stage lockdown to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases. Tesla initially planned to resume production that day, but it has cancelled production plans for April 1 and April 2.
Two people familiar with the matter said Tesla had yet to secure permits from the Shanghai government for its trucks to deliver assembled electric cars outside of Pudong to western parts of the city, Reuters added.
Based on the estimated production rate at Gigafactory Shanghai, Tesla could be missing out on about 2,000 vehicles per day as the factory is shut down, adding that it comes during the last days of the quarter, and Tesla is expected to release its Q1 2022 delivery and production numbers during the weekend. Tesla is expected to deliver between 310,000 and 320,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022, up from about 309,000 deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Barron’s.
