Gigafactory Stories May 1, 2017
Elon Musk on Boring Company, Semi-Truck, Mars – TED Talk [transcript]
Elon Musk discusses future plans for Tesla and his other endeavors with curator Chris Anderson at a TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada, April 28, 2017. The transcript below is an attempt to capture the conversation as accurately as possible. Chris: Elon. Hey, welcome back to TED. It’s great to have you here. Elon: Thanks for […]
Gigafactory Stories October 1, 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary ‘Before the Flood’ trailer: Elon Musk notes 100 Gigafactories needed [video]
We obviously follow the climate change ‘debate’ pretty closely here and as the cause moves into popular culture, we’re here to cheer it on. Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary Before the Flood will hit the National Geographic Channel on October 31st,
In the clip screenshot above and embedded below, it appears that DiCaprio is touring the Tesla Gigafactory 1 outside of Reno Nevada. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is tells him that 100 of these factories are needed to remove fossil fuels from the global energy equation and move to sustainable energy.
Also making appearances in the movie are Barack Obama, Pope Francis, Bill Clinton and John Kerry, among others.
Gigafactory Stories August 7, 2015
Tesla is ramping up spending on its battery factory – Gigafactory is more “space efficient” than expected
The state of Nevada gave an update on the developments of Tesla’s Gigafactory for the second quarter of the year. The company needs to keep up with the state’s requirements in order to get access to the $1.3 billion incentive package the state offered to secure the 6,500 jobs the factory is expected to create […]
Gigafactory Stories July 14, 2015
“From all manufacturers I think we’ll see electric vehicles dominate the whole transportation fleet (within the next 10 years)” – JB Straubel, Tesla’s CTO and co-founder
Yesterday, Tesla’s CTO JB Straubel made interesting remarks about the future of transportation and energy storage during a keynote presentation at InterSolar, a major solar conference in San Francisco.
Gigafactory Stories July 7, 2015
Tesla’s Gigafactory could be twice as big as originally planned, according to county officials
During a presentation about the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, Dean Haymore, from Story County Commission, said that Tesla purchased an additional 1,200 acres of land adjacent to their battery factory under-construction near Reno. According to Haymore, the new purchase made last week more than doubles Tesla’s land at the site and the company is looking to purchase another 350 […]
Gigafactory Stories June 26, 2015
Tesla’s Gigafactory is ahead of schedule according to Nevada officials
AP reported that Steve Hill, director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, presented a report to Nevada lawmakers on the progress of the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks. The Governor’s Office expects the plant to be operational within a year, which is ahead of the original schedule, but in line with Elon Musk’s, Tesla’s CEO, recent […]
Gigafactory Stories May 26, 2015
SolarCity’s factory takes shape and it looks a lot like Tesla’s Gigafactory [Updated]
SolarCity is currently building a solar panel factory in Buffalo. The construction site is not unlike Tesla’s Gigafactory under construction in Nevada. SolarCity’s facility, which could also be dubbed a “Gigafactory” since its planned output is also estimated in gigawatts, has a similar 2-storey steel structure as the one Tesla is building for its battery […]
Gigafactory Stories May 18, 2015
New drone footage from Tesla’s Gigafactory
A new video of Tesla’s battery factory in Sparks, Nevada was posted to Youtube today. The video shows the progress the company made in the last few months on the planned 10 million square feet facility.
Gigafactory Stories December 3, 2014
Elon Musk talks Model S P85D, “This is a halo car for Tesla”, and much more in GQ interview
In case you missed it, Elon Musk sat down for an interview with GQ Magazine last week where the Tesla CEO commented on a random smattering of interesting tidbits. While much of the interview treads on familiar ground, such as Tesla opening up their patents and Musk’s general thoughts on the state of the car industry, there […]
Gigafactory Stories July 31, 2014
Tesla releases shareholder report, breaks ground on Gigafactory site in Reno Nevada, Conference call at 5:30 ET
From today’s Shareholder Report(PDF): In June, we broke ground just outside Reno, Nevada on a site that could potentially be the location for the Gigafactory. Consistent with our strategy to identify and break ground on multiple sites, we continue to evaluate other locations in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. The final site for the first Gigafactory […]
Gigafactory Stories July 28, 2014
Panasonic and Tesla finally agree to a battery partnership on US ‘gigafactory’ plant
Nikkei: OSAKA — Panasonic has reached a basic agreement with Tesla Motors to participate in the Gigafactory, the huge battery plant that the American electric vehicle manufacturer plans to build in the U.S. Tesla aims to begin the first phase of construction this fiscal year. The plant would start making lithium-ion cells for Tesla cars […]
Gigafactory Stories June 2, 2016
Tesla Gigafactory update with new aerial shots [Gallery: June 2016]
The pilot plant of Tesla’s ‘Gigafactory 1’ is almost completed and will be officially inaugurated at a special event on July 29. Pictures of the ambitious facility, which is located east of Reno in Nevada, have been more scarce since two journalists from Gannett’s Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ) were involved in an altercation with two […]
Gigafactory Stories June 17, 2016
Panasonic ‘gearing up for significant growth’ at the Tesla Gigafactory, will host a special hiring event next week
While Tesla has been manufacturing battery packs at the Gigafactory for its energy storage division since last year, new battery cell production is expected to be the real hallmark of the giant battery factory and it has yet to happen. Panasonic, Tesla’s strategic partner at the plant, is in charge of the cell production inside […]
Gigafactory Stories June 23, 2016
Tesla will add new section (5th) to the Gigafactory by December, Battery cell manufacturing equipment by July 20th
For the most part, Tesla’s Gigafactory has looked the same from the outside since the beginning of the year. The first phase consists of 4 sections of about 475,000 square feet for a total of 1.9 million square feet. The final version of the building, which should be completed by the end of the decade, […]
Gigafactory Stories June 27, 2016
Tesla gets ~$20 million for the Gigafactory by selling tax credits to MGM Grand Casino [Updated]
When Tesla inked a deal with the state of Nevada to build its giant battery factory near Reno, it was widely reported that Tesla received $1.3 billion in tax incentives. While the deal could be worth close to the amount over a 20-year period, it is not clear how much Tesla is currently getting from […]
Gigafactory Stories December 27, 2015
First pictures from inside the Tesla Gigafactory emerge
Even though Tesla has been producing stationary energy storage products at the Gigafactory 1 in Nevada for a few months now, we haven’t had the chance to see any pictures from inside the plant since the walls of the first section of the factory are up. Today we get our first modest look via professional photographer James […]
Gigafactory Stories January 7, 2016
Panasonic confirms it plans to invest $1.6 billion in the Tesla Gigafactory
Panasonic confirmed being a partner in Tesla’s battery factory early in the development of the project, but other than some estimates from Tesla, the electronic giant never committed to a dollar amount in investment until today. Tesla made clear its plan to remain in control of the project and to contribute the majority of the […]
Gigafactory Stories January 11, 2016
Tesla reportedly in talks to build a Gigafactory in South Africa
When Tesla CEO Elon Musk first announced the Gigafactory project, he said that even though the planned capacity of the factory is equal to the entire global production of lithium-ion batteries in 2013, the world would sill need around 200 more giant factories of similar size to support the auto industry’s transition from fossil fuels […]
Gigafactory Stories January 18, 2016
Tesla Gigafactory is still ahead of schedule, but behind on job creation
According to a new report from the Reno Gazette-Journal, the Tesla Gigafactory is still ahead of schedule, but it is falling short on job creation and capital investment projections for the project. It would be important to note that RGJ is making these claims based on the most recent data available – dated September 30 […]
Gigafactory Stories January 25, 2016