Tesla plans 2-week suspension for most production lines at Shanghai Gigafactory for upgrade

• Carmaker expects to produce 5,000 more Evs per week after upgrade

• Tesla initially planned to manufacture 8,000 Model 3s and 14,000 Model Ys per week by mid-May

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is planning to suspend most of its electric vehicle manufacturing process at its Shanghai plant in the first two weeks of July to work on an upgrade of the site, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing an internal memo seen by the news outlet.

After the upgrade, the US carmaker aims to boost the output of the Shanghai Gigafactory from 17,000 EVs per week to get closer to its goal of producing 22,000 cars per week, the report said.