Torque News friend Ray is reporting that Shanghai EPA has approved the environmental impact assessment report on the new vehicle (Model Y) pre-launch project. In ref to the recent massive hiring for Giga Shanghai and Model Y test vehicle spotted in the wild, it’s reasonable to assume MY trial production will start soon.

Our Tesla reporter Guillaume Humbert reports.

Last week, for the first time, a Tesla Model Y was spotted in China. It was then confirmed that this car was made in the Shanghai Gigafactory making one of the first, if not the first, Model Ys produced in Gigafactory 3. This arose many questions to discuss since Model Y was only slated to begin deliveries in Asia in the early months of next year. Tesla seems to be moving ahead of schedule, and we have just received some more information about the made in China Model Y.

@Ray4Tesla tweeted this morning that Shanghai EPA had approved the environmental impact assessment report on the new vehicle (Model Y) pre-launch project. This pre-launch project could involve test production batches. The translation to the screenshot posted by Ray tells us that Giga Shanghai will start pre-production preparations for Model Y and that tests and research work would be carried out on important equipment and production processes as well as product size verifications. The equipment tests include press equipment, welding-related equipment, and assembly related equipment.

Recently Tesla posted that they were looking to hire about a thousand new employees to work at Giga Shanghai. The jobs they are looking for include many key production jobs. These include paint, general assembly, body in white, stamping, charging, quality control, automation control, material operation, and IT jobs. It looks increasingly likely that Tesla is also looking to bring new products to the market since it has posted job applications for many research and development engineers.

The tweet also hints that Tesla has improved the production process of Model Y by decreasing the number of parts required the stamping and welding workshop has reduced the number of solder joints and the amount of glue needed to produce each vehicle.

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