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  • Slide showing Tesla Motors gigafactory statistics, from Feb 2014 presentation

    A press conference to be held this afternoon may answer one of the major questions for the future of electric-car maker Tesla Motors: Where will it locate its gigafactory? The answer appears to be Nevada. The office of state governor Brian Sandoval said he would make a "major economic development announcement" in Carson City this afternoon, according to an Associated Press report. The story broke yesterday afternoon in the San Jose Mercury News, which quoted Tesla spokeswoman Liz Jarvis-Shean confirming that Tesla "looks forward to joining the governor and legislative leaders" at today's...

  • Slide showing Tesla Motors gigafactory statistics, from Feb 2014 presentation
    Tesla, Panasonic Sign Gigafactory Pact; Nevada Site Work Already Underway?

    Now it's official: Panasonic and Tesla Motors will build the "gigafactory," a huge lithium-ion cell fabrication and battery-pack production facility in the western United States. Today Tesla will report its second-quarter earnings after the market closes, and CEO Elon Musk was bound to face...

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