The Megapack facility, located near Tesla's existing carmaking Gigafactory in the Lingang Free Trade Zone, is its first energy storage gigafactory outside the US.
This expansion highlights Tesla’s deepening investment in China, the world’s largest energy storage and electric vehicle market, amid the backdrop of a stage trade war.
Spanning approximately 200,000sqm, the Shanghai Megapack plant is designed to produce up to 10,000 Megapack units annually, equivalent to about 40GWh of energy storage capacity.
Tesla launched a new $200m battery factory in Shanghai, expanding its footprint in China even as tensions escalated between Washington and Beijing over trade.
Tesla opens first energy storage gigafactory outside the US.
