Tesla is planning to start manufacturing electric vehicle chargers in China from next year, according to a Reuters report that cites a regulatory filing.
The report said a document submitted to the Shanghai authorities by Tesla says it plans to invest some RMB42m on a new factory to make the chargers, also known as charging piles, near its car plant in Shanghai.
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The report also said the factory, which Tesla expects to complete in February, will have capacity to make 10,000 chargers a year, according to the document submitted by Tesla.
Last month Tesla has reported its fifth consecutive quarterly profit and said it is on track to deliver half a million vehicles this year. The company is seeing a ramp-up of Model Y production in the US and Model 3 output at its new Shanghai factory. Tesla said it produced a record 145,036 vehicles in the third quarter and delivered 139,300 vehicles.
Production capacity at the Freemont (Calif., US) facility that makes Model 3 and Model Y has recently been increased to 500,000 a year while the Shanghai factory's manufacturing capacity is put at 250,000 pa.
