This development comes as China rules on recycling key EV components to save materials and protect the environment
EV giant Tesla Inc is reportedly working towards adding facilities at its Shanghai factory to repair and reproduce crucial components like motors and battery cells for EVs, suggests a document submitted by Tesla to Shanghai authorities.
The document, as per Reuters, also informed Tesla will include manufacturing capacities for car structures and electric motor controllers. Additional details of the manufacturing capacities were not disclosed.
Tesla is expanding the manufacturing capacity of EV components to localise the supply chain. Earlier, Tesla added a factory in Shanghai to make battery chargers for electric vehicles.
This development comes as China rules on recycling key EV components to save materials and protect the environment. Notably, Tesla claims that its car’s batteries are recoverable and recyclable.
