Yesterday morning, Tesla fan and investor Sawyer Merritt tweeted out some images of Tesla Model Y and Model 3 vehicles parked at Shanghai's Luchao port. The cars are ready to be loaded onto a cargo ship for export. According to Wu Wa, loading was already starting yesterday as well.
While posting images of inventory in parking lots has been frowned upon by many in the Tesla community, that's because there's usually minimal information about the lot itself, the reason the cars are there, how many cars are actually on-site, etc. However, in this case, we have solid background information about the Tesla vehicles, and Merritt actually took the time to count them.
Merritt says he counted some 5,200 while watching the video above. He also notes that there are many cars blocked by buildings, so he couldn't accurately count them. And, if you watch the video around the 4-minute mark, you'll clearly see that while it would be possible to get a general idea of the total number of cars, there's no way to count them all. That said, Merritt estimates there are at least 5,500 or more Tesla vehicles in the lot awaiting export.
