Tesla confirmed the shortened waiting time, first disclosed on the company’s Chinese website, and cited the output ramp-up in Shanghai was one reason for that.
The automaker usually delivers more of its cars produced in Shanghai to Chinese customers in the latter half of each quarter, which also brings an acceleration in deliveries, the company said.
Tesla has a target of making 22,000 Model 3 and Model Y cars combined each week.
Chief executive Elon Musk has said production is a bigger challenge for the company than demand. It is struggling to increase output in its Berlin and Texas plants, while production losses during a two-month Covid lockdown in Shanghai hurt Tesla’s profit margin in the second quarter.
The company has stopped taking orders for its Cybertruck outside North America, and also for Model 3 Long Range vehicles in the United States and Canada, citing big delivery backlogs.
