Tesla plans to suspend part of the lines manufacturing its recently refreshed Model Y sport utility vehicles in Shanghai for around three weeks over Chinese New Year, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday,

Pictures and videos of trailers carrying Tesla Model Y Juniper EV in China show that deliveries might start earlier than previously expected

Several sources claim that Tesla has already built the first new Model Y at its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. According to German media outlet Handelsblatt, the company was scheduled to start producing the new car, also known by its codename "Juniper", on Tuesday.

Tesla Inc. plans to suspend part of the lines manufacturing its recently refreshed Model Y sport utility vehicle in Shanghai for around three weeks over Chinese New Year so it can better optimize equipment,

Bloomberg added that Tesla's market share in China has slipped, accounting for 10.6% of battery electric vehicle sales in the first 11 months of last year, down from around 16% in 2020, reflecting increasing local competition.

The new Tesla Model Y ‘Juniper’ will be built in California, Shanghai, Texas, and Berlin. The updated EV takes design inspiration from the Cybertruck and Cybercab lineup. Chinese reports state the updated Model Y has already racked up 50,

The company's Gigafactory in Brandenburg (near the country's capital in Berlin) started building the facelifted electric crossover today.

Tesla unveiled the new Model Y in China and started taking orders in the country and a few other markets that Tesla supplies with its Gigafactory Shanghai. The vehicle was not yet available to order in Europe and North America despite Tesla also producing the Model Y in Germany and the US.

Tesla has introduced an updated version of its Model Y crossover, codenamed "Juniper," in the Chinese market. This marks the first significant refresh of the vehicle since its initial launch in 2019.

The first cars of the updated Model Y were rolling off the line at Tesla's European plant outside of Berlin on Tuesday. But a company spokeswoman said that this does not yet mark the official start of production,