gigafactory
-
Elon Musk says Model 3 production will start in "about two years."
-
Tesla Adds Nevada Land; Will Gigafactory Be Planet's Biggest Building?
Tesla may be planning to expand its Gigafactory before work is even completed.
Stephen Edelstein -
Tesla Battery Gigafactory 'Slightly Ahead Of Schedule': State Officials
The Tesla Gigafactory will open next year, Nevada officials say.
Stephen Edelstein -
Do Tesla, Panasonic Differ Dramatically On Growth Of Electric Car Batteries?
The rate of sales growth for electric cars may be the greatest unknown in the auto industry as companies prepare to spend billions of dollars on new products. Electric-car startup Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] projects annual sales to increase by 50 percent for years to come. Other makers, industry...
John Voelcker -
Toyota Fuel-Cell 'Megafactory' Matches Tesla Gigafactory In Impact
As shown by its roughly half-million references in Google, Tesla’s lithium-ion cell and battery Gigafactory is a big deal. And deservedly so. Producing the same volume of lithium-ion cells in one building in 2020 as were produced by the whole industry during 2013 should allow substantial...
Matthew Klippenstein -
Tesla Gigafactory To Host 'Hundreds' Of Panasonic Workers Starting This Fall
Panasonic will send workers to Nevada as part of its ongoing involvement with the Tesla "Gigafactory."
Stephen Edelstein -
Lithium producers may increase production in anticipation of Tesla's "Gigafactory."
-
Tesla Gigafactory: Drone Flyover Shows How Huge It Really Is
The very word "gigafactory" makes Tesla Motors' lithium-ion cell fabrication and battery assembly plant sound quite large. But how huge it actually is can be hard to comprehend. Context is provided by diagrams that compare its planned footprint to, say, the largest building for assembling jetliners...
John Voelcker -
Tesla Energy: What We Learned About Powerwall Demand On Q1 Results Call
The quarterly earnings calls held by Tesla Motors are always a chance to hear CEO Elon Musk describe the Silicon Valley carmaker's operations and outlooks. But last week's call was a first: The bulk of the questions by financial analysts weren't about the company's electric cars. Rather than...
John Voelcker -
Tesla Model X, Model 3, Gigafactory: What We Learned On Q1 Results Call
The quarterly earnings call held Wednesday afternoon by Tesla Motors is always a chance to hear how CEO Elon Musk views the operations of his carmaking company. But the call following release of the first-quarter 2015 results was a little different. Roughly two-thirds of the allotted time was spent...
John Voelcker -
Tesla Acquires Michigan Tool & Die Maker To Boost Electric-Car Production
Tesla acquires an automotive supplier as it seeks to grow electric-car production.
Stephen Edelstein -
Tesla's Big Bet: Batteries For Energy Storage A 'Major New Product'
Tomorrow night, if its strong hints are accurate, Tesla Motors will announce that it plans to offer lithium-ion battery packs for home and business energy storage. Such storage comes at a cost on top of that of the photovoltaic solar panels that generate the energy. But the promise is that such...
John Voelcker -
Electric-car maker Tesla Motors has done many remarkable things in its short decade of existence--including a few the auto industry viewed as impossible. But the company has never managed to get a car into volume production on the date it first announced. That applied to its Roadster, the Model S sedan, and the Model X electric SUV. DON'T MISS: Tesla Model 3, Next Electric Car: Roundup Of What We Know Now (Jun 2013) Last week, news emerged that the "alpha prototype" for the company's third-generation product, the 200-mile, $35,000 Model 3 sedan, has not yet been built. When that car--then...
-
Tesla urges Japanese Battery Suppliers To Take Gigafactory Risk
Tesla's battery chief says Japanese suppliers need to take greater risks to work with the carmaker.
Stephen Edelstein -
Tesla Gigafactory: New Photos Show Progress On Battery Plant In Nevada
To be able to build and sell its planned $35,000 Tesla Model 3 electric sedan, Tesla Motors must first build its lithium-ion cell "gigafactory" in Nevada and then test and validate the batteries it produces. But if the latest photos are any indication, work is proceeding rapidly on the huge...
John Voelcker -
Tesla Gigafactory Spending: So Far, $50 Million-Plus--And Much More To Come
Tesla has already spent more than $50 million on Gigafactory construction, new analysis says.
Stephen Edelstein -
The Tesla Gigafactory Is Big; Really, Really Big--This Big, In Fact
Photos can be deceptive, as any online-dating aficionado will tell you. So it's hard to tell from photographs just how large the lithium-ion cell gigafactory in Nevada that's being built by electric car-maker Tesla Motors will really be. DON'T MISS: Tesla Gigafactory For Electric-Car Batteries...
John Voelcker -
Tesla Gigafactory For Electric-Car Batteries: Site Work Continues (Photos)
Last September, Nevada governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill granting various tax breaks and incentives to Tesla Motors for construction of its massive battery "gigafactory" outside Reno. Now, photos taken yesterday show that work on the site--empty desert land less than a year ago--is well...
John Voelcker -
Panasonic will invest hundreds of millions of dollars as a first installment in its gigafactory support.
-
Tesla Needs Cash? $6 Billion Required Through 2025, Says Goldman Sachs
Carmaking is very, very, very expensive. A conventional vehicle platform or architecture generally costs about $1 billion to design, engineer, test, certify, and put into production. And the various models derived from that architecture usually last about seven years. Multiply that by multiple...
John Voelcker -
Feds Should Boost Electric-Car Incentives: Harry Reid, Nevada Senator
Today, most plug-in electric car buyers qualify for a Federal income-tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500--but Senator Harry Reid thinks those incentives should be expanded. He proposes to overcome one challenge with that incentive: Buyers must wait up to 15 months to realize the benefit, which they...
John Voelcker -
Tesla Battery Cost: New Report Suggests Model 3 To Cost $50K Or More
It's likely the biggest question for the future of electric cars: How low can battery cost go, and how fast? Tesla Motors is thought to have the lowest cost-per-kilowatt-hour in the electric-car business, with some estimates suggesting the company is already approaching the crucial $200/kWh level...
John Voelcker -
Nevada Governor Signs Tesla Tax Break Bill For Battery Gigafactory
Tesla Motors' battery Gigafactory took another step toward construction with the approval of incentives worth up to $1.3 billion by Nevada lawmakers. Governor Brian Sandoval signed the package of four bills into law one week after announcing that the Silver State would host the first of what could...
Stephen Edelstein -
What Will Tesla Gigafactory Cost Nevada? How About $1.3 Billion?
Nevada is expected to offer $1.3 billion to Tesla Motors.
Stephen Edelstein