Tesla transport ships from USA & China reach Europe
At the port in Zeebrugge in Belgium, two transport ships have arrived with Tesla electric cars. This is the first time one of the ships is fully laden with Model 3 en route from China.
In October, Tesla confirmed corresponding rumors on its Chinese WeChat account that Model 3 built in China was to be shipped out to ten European markets. This is probably the Standard Range Plus version in which the allegedly the cobalt-free LFP cells are installed.
As a result, the cargo ship ‘Toscana’ left Shanghai on 26 October. One month later, on 26 November, the ‘Toscana’ arrived in Zeebrugge. On the same day, the ‘Grand Aurora’ arrived in the Belgian port, which had left the port of San Francisco on 4 November with Teslas built in Fremont.
Let’s document this moment when, for the first time, we have two ships at Zeebrugge simultaneously, close to each other, coming from two different continents to address the European market.#Toscana #GrandAurora $TSLA #Tesla #Model3 #TeslaCarriershttps://t.co/AIr2qLq95e pic.twitter.com/6I3RAWs3PV
— Franco Mossotto (@FMossotto) November 26, 2020
Tesla had only delivered a few cars to Europe in October because of the limited transport capacity. In Europe, deliveries and registrations are always linked to the arrival of the vehicles in Zeebrugge, and for these reasons Tesla is usually stronger in the last month of a quarter. The effects of the two transport ships unloaded in Zeebrugge will therefore be seen in December, and thus be included in the statistics at the beginning of January. A third ship from Shanghai is also due to dock in a few days.
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