Tesla's Shanghai megafactory kicks off trial production

U.S. carmaker Tesla's megafactory in Shanghai has kicked off trial production seven months after its construction started, according to Tesla China on Tuesday.　

The factory is dedicated to manufacturing Tesla's energy-storage batteries, Megapack, whose mass production is expected to fully start in the first quarter of 2025.　

The new factory is built with an initial capacity of producing 10,000 units annually, equal to around 40 GWh of energy storage.　

The mega factory is the first of its kind built by Tesla outside the United States.　

(Reported by Chen Congyao, Xie Mengyuan; Edited by Ma Yuxuan)