Giga Texas
 Tesla Gigafactory Texas Building 1 under construction in July 2021. | |
  Location of Gigafactory Texas | |
| Built | ~2020‒2021 |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30°13′N 97°37′W / 30.22°N 97.62°WCoordinates: 30°13′N 97°37′W / 30.22°N 97.62°W |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Products | |
| Area | ~2,481 acres (1,000 ha) |
| Owner(s) | Tesla Inc. |
Gigafactory Texas (also Tesla Gigafactory 5 or Giga Texas) is an automotive manufacturing facility near Austin, Texas, under construction by Tesla, Inc. since July 2020.[1] Tesla aims to have first production before the end of 2021 and volume production in 2022.[2][3]
The factory is planned to be the main factory for the Tesla Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi. It will also produce Model 3 and Model Y cars for the Eastern United States.[2][4][5] It also serves as the site of Tesla's corporate headquarters.[6]
History[]
Tesla announced a manufacturing training program in cooperation with Austin Community College District on June 15, 2021.[7][8][9] The program is expected to start in August 2021 and the course lasts 14 weeks.[10]
Selection process[]
Tesla had been considering locations across eight states in the central United States during 2019‒2020.[11]
Community groups and government officials in several areas of the US expressed interest in hosting what was expected to be a very large Tesla Gigafactory manufacturing facility.[12] Some expressing interest in facilitating land procurement, getting over the regulatory obstacles, and considering potential tax incentives.[13] Some used social media marketing aiming to reach Elon Musk directly.[14][15]
By May 2020, a selection process was underway by Tesla. The short list included Austin, Nashville (Tennessee) and Tulsa (Oklahoma).[16][17][18] Two locations in the vicinity of Tulsa had been viewed by Tesla by mid-May.[18] The Tulsa campaign was promoted by G. T. Bynum, the mayor of Tulsa. In May 2020 Bynum discussed the suitability of "Green Country" (Northeastern Oklahoma)[18] and distributed a photomontage of the Cybertruck in Tulsa Police Department livery, with a suggestion of local purchasing, if the Gigafactory were to be situated near Tulsa.[19] On May 20, 2020, wrap advertising was applied to the Golden Driller statue located at the Tulsa Expo Center to create a caricature of Elon Musk, with the word "Tulsa" on statue's belt buckle replaced by the "Tesla" name.[20][21]
In July 2020, Tesla selected Austin as the site.[22]
Austin[]
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In 2014, Tesla evaluated a 1,500-acre (600 ha; 2 sq mi; 6 km2) manufacturing site on U.S. Route 79 at Frame Switch (30°32′N 97°30′W / 30.54°N 97.5°W), located between the towns of Hutto and Taylor, north-east of the Greater Austin center as its next factory.[23][24]
Tesla subsequently chose to construct Giga Nevada (formerly Gigafactory 1) in Nevada in 2014.
By June 2020, a different location near Austin was being considered. It is a 2,100-acre (850 ha; 3.3 sq mi; 8.5 km2) site (30°14′N 97°36′W / 30.23°N 97.6°W) bordering Harold Green Road and Texas State Highway 130.[25] On June 16, 2020 the Commissioners' court of Travis County discussed a possible incentives package for Tesla.[26][27] In July 2020, the Del Valle Independent School District approved a tax incentives package worth $68 million, should the Tesla Gigafactory be built.[25]
On July 22, 2020, during a 2Q2020 earnings call, Tesla announced that Del Valle, Austin, Texas had been selected for Gigafactory 5.[2]
By the end of July 2020, construction had begun.[1] The Tesla Gigafactory received state tax incentives worth about $50 million through the Texas Tax Code Chapter 313 program.[28]
The first fully completed Tesla Model Y rolled off the line at Giga Texas in the last week of August 2021 under trial production.[29]
Equipment[]
Die casting[]
During the night of January 18/19, 2021, concrete foundations for three Giga Press high-press die-casting machines were poured at the north-east corner Giga Texas factory location.[30][31]
On January 21, 2021 the first Giga Press components started to arrive on site in crates and shipping containers.[32][33] On January 22, 2021 the base frame of the first Giga Press was unboxed and craned into position.[34]
References[]
- ^ a b Lambert, Fred (July 25, 2020). "Watch Tesla start construction work at Gigafactory Texas in drone video". Electrek. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ a b c The Tesla Cybertruck will be built in Texas and is getting an interplanetary update Archived April 15, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, 23 July 2020, Fox News
- ^ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (April 15, 2021). "@Model3Owners Limited production of Model Y this year, high volume next year" (Tweet). Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Bursztynsky, Jessica (July 22, 2020). "Tesla will build its next Gigafactory near Austin, Texas". Business News and Finance. CNBC. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ Vorrath, Sophie (July 22, 2020). "Giga Texas! Austin to build Tesla's new Cybertruck and Tesla Semi". The Driven. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ "Tesla: Elon Musk says company headquarters will move to Texas". BBC News. October 8, 2021. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ^ WIKI