Tesla is expanding its already huge Gigafactory Texas as the company records 2 million cars produced there Nevada and Fremont factories.
The electric-car maker plans to build on a 68-acre lot adjacent to the main factory lot for the purpose of “industrial facilities with associated improvements,” according to the City of Austin. Submissions.
Now Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent a congratulatory tweet regarding Tesla’s Fremont and Nevada factories for assembling two million cars.
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Tesla is expanding its already huge Gigafactory Texas as the company marks 2 million cars to be produced at its Nevada and Fremont factories. Pictured is Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas, located on 2,500 acres near the Colorado River
“Congratulations to Tesla Fremont + Giga Nevada on manufacturing their two millionth car!” wrote the billionaire.
“To think that Fremont was just a run-down building and Giga Nevada was just rocks and bushes when they started!
“California used to have a dozen car factories. NUMMI was last to close. Now Tesla Fremont is the largest car factory in North America!’
In response to a message on Twitter by Teslarati’s Johnna Crider, who tweeted a Reuters story about GM in which GM produced its 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV in Mexico and mentioned President Biden’s ownership ‘snubbed’ Musk, the tech mogul, said:
The Gigafactory Texas expansion was first reported by the Austin Business Journal, and the effort is listed as a “production support area” — with documentation showing Tesla is progressing through the approval process. Pictured is CEO Elon Musk’s tweet about US factories producing 2 million cars
The aforementioned Nevada factory produces the Model 3 electric motors and battery packs, as well as Tesla’s energy storage products – Powerwall and Powerpack
Late last month, Musk said his U.S. factories were “losing billions of dollars” due to supply chain problems and battery shortages. Pictured above, Musk defended his company on Twitter versus GM, which recently moved one of its EV factories to Mexico
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The expansion of the Gigafactory Texas was first reported by Austin BusinessJournal and the effort is listed as “Production Support Area” — with documentation showing Tesla is going through the approval process.
Before Tesla bought the Fremont, California acreage in 2010, it was home to GM and Toyota’s New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
Now, the Fremont factory includes 5.3 million square feet of manufacturing and office space for nearly 22,000 employees on 370 acres of land – with plans to continue expanding.
The facility has produced the vast majority of Tesla’s Model S, Model X, and Model 3 vehicles.
The Nevada factory produces electric motors and battery packs for the Model 3, as well as Tesla’s energy storage products – Powerwall and Powerpack.
Gigafactory Texas, which Musk says is the US manufacturing hub for Model Y and the future home of Cybertruck, sits on 2,500 acres near the Colorado River and covers over 10 million square feet.
Late last month, Musk said his U.S. factories were “losing billions of dollars” due to supply chain problems and battery shortages.
“This factory is losing insane money right now,” he said explained. “We should be running a lot more cars from this factory than a very puny lot of cars.”
“Both the factories in Berlin and in Austin are huge money furnaces right now. OK? It’s really like a huge roaring sound, which is the sound of money on fire,” he told members of a Silicon Valley club of Tesla owners in Austin in an interview published Wednesday.
Musk said Tesla’s Texas plant is producing a “tiny” number of cars because of problems ramping up production of its new “4680” batteries and because tooling to make its conventional 2170 batteries “is stuck at the port in China.”
“This will all be fixed very quickly, but it requires a lot of attention.
“It will take more effort to get this factory into mass production than it took to build it in the first place.”
Tesla’s overwhelming concern, he said, is “How do we keep the factories running so we can pay people and not go bankrupt?”
Musk said Tesla should “protect life on Earth.” The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO is pictured above visiting the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany
Before Tesla acquired the Fremont, California acreage (pictured above) in 2010, it was home to GM and Toyota’s New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc
The Nevada factory (pictured above) produces the Model 3’s electric motors and battery packs, as well as Tesla’s energy storage products — Powerwall and Powerpack
