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Wang Hao, Tesla’s vice president, said the Shanghai facilities will contribute after the company enters an era of robots.
Tesla's Shanghai factory will play a major role in mass-producing its humanoid robots.
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Shanghai's manufacturing capabilities are considered key to overcoming industrial-scale robotics production challenges.
Tesla converted its Fremont factory from car production to Optimus robot manufacturing in 2025.
A new Shanghai facility began producing Tesla's commercial energy storage products in 2025.
SHANGHAI — A Tesla Inc. leader said Tuesday he believes its Shanghai factory operations will help resolve the challenges in achieving mass production of the company’s humanoid robots as the U.S. electric vehicle giant pivots to robotics.
Wang Hao, Tesla’s vice president, said the Shanghai facilities, like other Tesla factories, will contribute after the company enters an era of robots.
Wang, who also serves as president of Tesla China, told reporters on a government-organized tour of one of its Shanghai factories that CEO Elon Musk once noted having production at scale is a critical challenge in manufacturing humanoid robots.
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Wang said he believes the Shanghai manufacturing arm “is a golden key to solving this challenge,” but did not specify how the operation will support the company’s robotic business.
Musk has urged investors to focus less on car sales and more on what he considers a bright artificial intelligence future of robotaxis ferrying millions in cars without drivers, or even steering wheels, and robots watering plants and taking care of elderly parents.
Musk earlier underlined that shift by announcing Tesla had decided to end production of two older car models, S and X, in the second quarter and convert a Fremont, California, factory to instead produce its Optimus robots.
London-based technology research and advisory group Omdia said Tesla shipped fewer than 500 general-purpose embodied, intelligent robots in 2025. Still, the company is among the vendors that showcased industry-leading advancements in AI capabilities, its report said.
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Tesla entered the mainland Chinese market in 2013 and the factory Wang spoke at delivered the company’s first made-in-China vehicles in late 2019. The factory delivered 851,000 electric vehicles in 2025, accounting for more than half of Tesla’s total global deliveries that year.
A separate factory began production in Shanghai in 2025, marking the firm’s launch of commercial energy storage manufacturing in China.
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Andy Wong And Kanis Leung, The Associated Press