Tesla adds 40 Supercharger stations in mainland China in August, completes production capacity expansion at Shanghai plant
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Elon Musk's Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) announced that it added 40 Supercharger stations, including 168 Superchargers, in the Chinese mainland in August - CnEVPost.

Superchargers stations located in 25 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu and Chongqing, are equipped with Tesla's V3 Superchargers, with three, six or nine Superchargers per station.

As per the company data, it has more than 1,300 Supercharger stations in the Chinese mainland, offering more than 9,000 Superchargers till date.
The company also has more than 700 destination charging stations in the Chinese mainland, offering more than 1,800 charging piles. These charging facilities cover more than 380 cities and regions.
The company expects to add new Supercharger stations in 31 cities in September, including Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Changsha.
As reported by Reuters, the company completed a project to expand production capacity at its Shanghai plant on Monday. It will test the production lines for the upgrade during from Sept. 19 to Nov. 30 - states Shanghai govt.
The company said that it is still expanding its sales channels in China at a normal pace, in response to a Reuters report saying it was considering closing some city centre showrooms in its second largest market.
On Friday, the company revealed that it has further improved turnaround time in China, making the expected delivery cycle for all models start at 1 week.
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