Overall, the supply of the European market with electric cars from the Tesla factory in China will again be only moderately high in the third quarter of 2022. After weeks of corona closures and restrictions in the second quarter had severely depressed production at the Gigafactory and thus also exports, teslamag.de found out at the beginning of this week that in Q3 only overall around 28,500 Model 3 and Model Y for left-hand drive markets from China to Europe should come. After all, this has been going almost according to plan so far: After the first three ships are already on their way, several thousand electric cars are again ready for transport near the Tesla factory.
Change ports and destinations at Tesla
Tesla is always good for logistical surprises. So this June, for the first time Ship with Model 3 and Model Y from China the port of Barcelona on. It is not known whether this was improvised because of the Corona delays, but this quarter there are even three transports to this destination in Spain. And there are also changes to the departure ports again. As expected, the Hoegh St. Peterburg left Shanghai this week, but not like most Tesla ships from the port of Luchao close to the Gigafactory, but from Taicang a good bit north.
According to the information received by teslamag.de, it has 2000 Tesla Model Y for left-hand drive markets on board and no Model 3. Because the factory in China was rebuilt at the beginning of July. Production of the Model Y was suspended until the middle of the month, until the beginning of August still those of the Model 3. The several thousand Teslas that the drone observer Wu Wa filmed again on Friday on the port site near the factory also all look like Model Y, although from a distance and in the crowd it is difficult to say for each individual.
A Twitter watcher who does something like this more often, counted 6850 Model Y in the video. For the next transport to Europe, as planned according to information from teslamag.de, that would even be too many: There was news of a ship called RCC Classic, which was supposed to set off for Barcelona with 4052 Model Y. Much more would not fit on it, so that the 7000 Model Y waiting in Shanghai will probably have to be divided between two ships. However, the rest should not go to Europe, but to one of the four new markets in Asia-Pacific, with which customers have been dealing since June Share supplies of Tesla Model Y from China have to.
Model Y for Europe delayed
According to the planning for Q3, which teslamag.de was informed about on Monday, the RCC Classic should start this Thursday. If the information is correct, it is already late. In Friday’s Wu Wa video, ships can be seen at the usual Tesla pier, one of which has pinwheel blades loaded, but no car transporter yet, and the RCC Classic was still en route to Korea, according to trackers. But if she or a replacement ship is there, at least the fourth should be there very quickly Tesla cargo on its way from China to Europe to be brought. According to the previous plans, the next one should not follow until mid-August, again towards Barcelona and with only Model Y.