It s the size of a major shopping mall but as i was told by a senior tesla executive it accounts for only 14 of the total planned floor space which will reach 13 6 million square feet.
Is the gigafactory s floor curved.
The gigafactory is a mammoth joint effort between tesla and panasonic soon to become the single biggest producer of batteries in the world.
Rare photos of gigafactory production floor surface online.
World s largest factories infographic posted on june 20 2016 by matt pressman.
In order for tesla motors nasdaq.
To supply the battery packs for its electric vehicles and stationary storage systems.
Inside the gigafactory tesla s 5 billion bet.
This is the company s solar panel facility that s been operational since 2014.
It s also where tesla manufactures its at home batteries called powerwalls for its solar energy business.
That being the case any time photos from inside the gigafactory happen to leak out it s always worth taking a look at.
The tesla gigafactory was born out of necessity and will supply enough batteries to support tesla s projected vehicle demand.
It is located at the tahoe reno industrial center tric in storey county and employs around 7 000 people at the end of 2018 with a.
Today the gigafactory produces model 3 electric motors and battery packs in addition to tesla s energy storage products powerwall and powerpack.
The facility is owned and operated by tesla inc.
The gigafactory is where tesla s batteries and drive units are made.
Tesla giga nevada or gigafactory 1 is a lithium ion battery and electric vehicle subassembly factory near reno nevada.
It s all about batteries.
In other words the.
Tsla to be able to accommodate the influx of panasonic s lithium ion batteries needed for 400 000 model 3 pre orders tesla will need to create the largest battery factory on the planet.
Tesla broke ground just over two years ago on the gigafactory to address its most pressing bottleneck.