Tesla planned to restart production at its Giga Shanghai EV factory in China after the new year break. YouTube influencer and drone photographer Wu Wa shared that there were some concerns Tesla may not reopen the factory as planned, so he headed to the site to see what was up. The factory was back up and running as planned on January 3, 2023, and production was ongoing on January 5.
The photographer noted that the factory was quite busy, which may come as a surprise to some. Since it just reopened and there have been plenty of media reports about demand concerns, perhaps activities would get off to a slow start. However, as you can see in the video above, on January 5, there was already an impressive lineup of car haulers at the factory ready to transport vehicles. Wu Wa counted some 45 delivery vehicles parked at the site upon his arrival.
