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The Shanghai Megafactory for energy storage is Tesla's first such facility outside the United States. Construction commenced in the Lin-gang Special Area on May 23 last year, and the factory achieved the milestone of producing its first product just nine months after acquiring the land.
Situated in Shanghai's Lin-gang Special Area, the plant marks Tesla's inaugural venture into an energy storage super factory project outside the United States, showcasing the company's rapid advancements in the energy storage sector.
Each Megapack unit can store over 3.9 megawatt-hours of energy, meeting the one-hour power needs of 3,600 households. Moreover, a cluster of 200 Megapack units can store 1 million kilowatt-hours, enough to power San Francisco for six hours.
Tesla's energy storage technology has already achieved a high level of commercialization and market success in the United States, said Liu Qing, vice president of the China Institute of International Studies.
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