Tesla Giga Shanghai will start mass production of the facelifted Model Y in January, the report says

Tesla’s Shanghai factory will begin mass production of the facelifted Model Y next month and is expected to begin deliveries of a six-seater Model Y in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to local media.

Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA ) Shanghai factory will begin mass production of the facelifted Model Y next month, local media LatePost said in a report yesterday.

The electric car maker’s updates to the Model Y will be similar to what it previously did with the updated Model 3, with tweaks to the interior, exterior, battery capacity, engine performance and self-driving package, the report said.

In addition to the updated Model Y, Tesla Giga Shanghai is expected to begin deliveries of a six-seat Model Y in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the report.

The report makes no further mention of the refreshed Model Y, centered on the departure of Song Gang, who was responsible for building Tesla’s Shanghai factory.

Giga Shanghai is Tesla’s largest factory in the world with an annual capacity of around 1 million vehicles and produces the Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover, both five-seat models.

The factory started operations in late 2019 and started deliveries of the locally produced Model 3 in January 2020 and the locally produced Model Y in January 2021.

Tesla announced the revamped Model 3 or Model 3 Highland on September 1, 2023 and began its deliveries in China on October 26 last year.

The updated Model 3 has a sporty look, boasts a longer range of up to 713 kilometers and gets an upgraded suspension system.

Last October 1, Tesla launched an updated Model Y in China without significant changes, although new improvements were added, including multi-colored ambient lighting, a new dashboard trim and new 19-inch wheels.

On August 29, LatePost reported that Tesla could start delivering the updated five-seat Model Y, internally codenamed Juniper, in 2025.

The report at the time also said the company was expected to begin deliveries of a 7-seat Model Y in the fourth quarter of 2025.

On September 3, Reuters reported that Tesla planned to begin production of a six-seat Model Y in China starting in late 2025, after telling suppliers to prepare for double-digit growth in Model Y production at the factory in Shanghai.

The Model Y is one of the most popular models in China, with 418,428 units delivered in the country in January-November, an increase of 5.57 percent year-on-year, according to data compiled by CnEVPost.

The crossover contributed 72.87 percent of Tesla’s 574,175 deliveries in China in January-November during the same period.

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