<p><a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a> said it will build an additional plant in Shanghai, <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>, to meet worldwide demand for large batteries even after the communist nation’s manufacturing <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sector</a> took several blows as a result of aggressive government <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lockdowns</a>.</p>
<p>The electric automaker <a href="https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1645115732760436739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1645116142791393283%7Ctwgr%5Ef77c0341644afcb21e8a8f5078587f5db1730165%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2023%2F04%2F09%2Ftesla-to-open-a-new-megafactory-in-shanghai-china-company-says.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> on Sunday that the new Megafactory in Shanghai will be capable of annually producing 10,000 powerful utility-scale energy <a href="https://www.tesla.com/en_eu/megapack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">storage</a> batteries, which the firm calls Megapacks. Each unit can store three megawatt-hours of energy capable of powering 3,600 homes for one hour in the event of an outage.</p>
<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1645116142791393283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1645116142791393283%7Ctwgr%5Ef77c0341644afcb21e8a8f5078587f5db1730165%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2023%2F04%2F09%2Ftesla-to-open-a-new-megafactory-in-shanghai-china-company-says.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on social media that the Megafactory will “supplement output” from a similar facility in Lathrop, California, which can likewise produce 10,000 units per year, equal to 40 gigawatt-hours of energy <a href="https://www.tesla.com/megafactory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">storage</a> capacity. Musk visited Shanghai over the weekend, meeting with local officials and possibly visiting the company’s existing vehicle assembly plant in the city, according to a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-08/musk-to-visit-china-this-weekend-with-possible-tesla-plant-stop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Bloomberg.</p>
<p>The expansion into China occurs after the nation’s manufacturing sector experienced severe disruption amid harsh government lockdowns and public health measures, the impacts of which were felt across the globe through supply chain disruptions and worsened inflation. American manufacturing orders from China had plummeted as much as 40% at the end of last year, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/04/manufacturing-orders-from-china-down-40percent-in-demand-collapse.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the CNBC Supply Chain Heat Map.</p>
<p>Prominent American companies moved their operations to rising manufacturing economies in response to the lockdowns, which shuttered Shanghai and other prominent cities for months with little warning. Apple <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/apple-shifts-ipad-manufacturing-away-from-china-due-to-harsh-covid-lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved</a> some iPad production out of Shanghai last summer, while anti-lockdown protests at the world’s largest iPhone manufacturing facility in Zhengzhou prompted the company to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-manufacturing-is-quickly-collapsing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accelerate</a> production shifts to nations such as India and Vietnam.</p>
<p>Musk emerged as a leading critic of lockdown orders despite his willingness to expand operations in China. The world’s richest man grew increasingly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-says-tesla-moving-headquarters-from-california-to-texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">frustrated</a> as lockdowns in California prevented the reopening of Tesla facilities during the spring of 2020, calling the phenomenon “the final straw” and moving the automaker’s corporate headquarters to Texas.</p>
<p>The gross domestic product of China has increased at an average 9% annual rate since the country opened and reformed its economy more than four decades ago, according to <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the World Bank, enabling more than 800 million residents to escape poverty. Higher levels of prosperity and an increasingly sophisticated economy, on the other hand, has caused a rapid surge in Chinese wages such that American firms are increasingly likely to keep their operations in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, according to <a href="https://ins-globalconsulting.com/news-post/labor-cost-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from consulting firm INS Global.</p>
<p>Geopolitical tensions surrounding the possible Chinese <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-simulates-precision-strikes-on-key-targets-in-taiwan-after-presidents-u-s-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invasion</a> of Taiwan and suspected <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defense-officials-worry-about-new-chinese-espionage-threat-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">espionage</a> from Chinese technology firms have also contributed to worsened trade relations with the United States. Senior officials in the Biden administration are moving to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-refining-executive-order-banning-american-companies-from-investing-in-key-chinese-sectors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibit</a> American companies from investing in Chinese firms involved with developing sensitive technologies such as advanced semiconductors, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence.</p>
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<p>Tesla, which reported the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tesla-posts-highest-profits-ever-despite-concerns-about-musks-twitter-purchase-causing-brand-risk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highest</a> quarterly revenues seen in company history last year despite controversy over Musk’s recent acquisition of social media platform Twitter, has also continued to expand operations throughout the United States. The firm unveiled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/an-incredible-investment-tesla-announces-two-new-factories-3-6-billion-investment-in-nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intentions</a> to construct two new factories in Nevada that will increase manufacturing capacity for battery cells and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-appears-with-newsom-to-announce-new-tesla-hq-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened</a> a new hub for technology employees in California.</p>

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