Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory exported more than 35,000 vehicles in October 2025,the highest monthly export volume in two years,with Model Y exports surging 214 percent year-on-year,a company representative told the Global Times on Thursday.

A Tesla China representative told the Global Times that at the start of each quarter,large batches of new vehicles from the Shanghai Gigafactory are shipped to Europe,Asia-Pacific and other markets.

On Wednesday,Tesla announced on Weibo that the five-millionth battery pack produced at its Shanghai Gigafactory had rolled off the line.As a core component of electric vehicles,the battery packs made at the plant are widely used in the company's key models,including the Model 3 and Model Y,the company said.

Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory,located in the city's Lingang New Area and covering 860,000 square meters,is China's first wholly foreign-owned vehicle manufacturing project and Tesla's first overseas complete-vehicle manufacturing base.The plant began production at the end of 2019.

In November 2024,Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory rolled out its three-millionth vehicle and exported its one-millionth car to overseas markets.The plant delivered more than 916,000 vehicles that year,accounting for half of Tesla's global deliveries,Tesla said.

According to the latest sales data released by the China Passenger Car Association(CPCA),Tesla sold 61,497 China-made electric vehicles in October 2025,including exports.