New progress has been made in the construction of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory. The main body of Tesla Gigafactory has been completed. The key workshops of stamping, spraying and assembly already have the production capacity. The white body of the first trial cars rolls off the production line. The domestic version of Model 3 will be ready to use at the end of the year.

                                                                                                  
Yuan Guohua, president of Shanghai Lingang Group, said that Shanghai Lingang is accelerating the layout of key areas of industrial chain, such as lightweight materials and "three-power" system related to Tesla project, and striving to create a complete new energy automobile industry ecology.

While the Tesla project continues to advance, Lin-gang Special Area has also further developed the Intelligent Connected Vehicle Industry. On September 26th, 24 key projects involving manufacturing, application, service and functional platforms were signed, involving a total investment of nearly 8 billion yuan. This indicates that the industry chain of Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle in Lin-gang Special Area is being perfected.

                                                                                                  
Automobile industry is an important industry for the layout and development of Lin-gang Special Area. In 2018, the total industrial output value of Lin-gang automobile and parts industry reached 38 billion yuan, surpassing the electric power equipment industry, and has become the highest value of manufacturing industry in Lin-gang Special Area.

Now, Lin-gang Special Area has built Shanghai Lin-gang Intelligent Connected Vehicle Integrative Testing Demonstration Zone. The total area of closed test and experience area 7 square kilometers. The demonstration zone has formed 26.1 kilometers of open test roads for unmanned driving and can simulate different traffic environment like expressway, urban area, rural area, logistic park and warehousing. Relying on the construction of an unmanned comprehensive demonstration zone, Shanghai has gathered a number of well-known high-tech enterprises.