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Tesla Staring Down 40,000 Lost EVs Due to Shanghai Lockdown
- Electric carmaker’s China factory closed since March 28
- Shanghai plant assembles roughly 2,100 cars every day
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For the first time, Tesla Inc. has hit a real production snag in China.
The electric carmaker’s Shanghai plant, its first outside the U.S., has had output suspended for almost three weeks due to city-wide lockdowns in China’s financial heart. At a run rate of about 2,100 cars a day, that’s around 39,900 units lost since the lines fell silent on March 28.