Tesla has officially crossed another major manufacturing milestone, producing its 9 millionth vehicle globally. The landmark vehicle—a Pearl White Tesla Model Y—rolled off the line at Giga Shanghai, Tesla’s most productive factory to date.
The milestone was announced in a post by Tesla Asia on X, which thanked owners and supporters worldwide for helping the company reach the milestone. Giga Shanghai has long been the backbone of Tesla’s global operations, serving not only China’s domestic market but also acting as the company’s primary export hub for Asia-Pacific and Europe.
What makes the 9 million milestone particularly notable is the speed at which Tesla reached it. Only about six months ago, Tesla celebrated the completion of its 8 millionth vehicle, with that milestone occurring at their German factory outside Berlin.
That means Tesla needed just 207 days to build its most recent million vehicles, placing the company on a sharply upward production curve, with the 10 millionth vehicle now projected to be completed around June or July 2026, assuming current output levels hold.
Tesla’s production history illustrates just how dramatically things have changed in recent years. The company took more than 16 years to build its first million vehicles, finally reaching that mark in March 2020. From there, progress accelerated steadily: 2 million by July 2022, 3 million a month later, and 4 million by March 2023.
Since then, Tesla has consistently added roughly one million vehicles every six to eight months.
This rapid pace is powered by Tesla’s four vehicle factories: Fremont, Giga Shanghai, Giga Texas, and Giga Berlin. Among them, Giga Shanghai continues to stand out. Since opening in 2019 the factory has produced nearly half of all Tesla vehicles.
