Tesla China responds to rumors that Shanghai factory will resume work as early as mid-May: fake news

IT House News on April 15, according to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, there are rumors that Tesla said in response to American investors that the Shanghai factory can resume work as early as mid-May, and the parts supply chain can resume. In this regard, Tesla China officials said this afternoon that the above rumors are fake news.

Tesla China said on March 28 that Tesla has always adhered to the main responsibility of epidemic prevention, strictly implemented various epidemic prevention and control requirements, and arranged work at any time in accordance with the government’s epidemic prevention policies.

According to Zhitong Finance, due to the impact of the epidemic,Tesla’s Shanghai plant has been shut down for nearly three weeks, and at a production rate of about 2,100 cars per day, the factory has produced about 39,900 fewer cars than planned since the shutdown on March 28. It is understood that Tesla produced 305,000 vehicles globally in the fourth quarter, so a reduction in production of about 40,000 vehicles will account for 13% of that number.

IT House learned that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a special meeting today to convey the spirit of the special meeting on ensuring logistics smoothness and industrial chain supply chain stability chaired by Vice Premier Liu He, and to study and implement work measures. The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to unify thoughts and actions into the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and go all out to do a good job in precise prevention and control of the epidemic and ensure smooth logistics. and stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain work. Take multiple measures to ensure stable production of key enterprises and smooth operation of key industrial chains.