Tesla offered a few updates on plans to increase factory count during it’s Q1 earnings call.
Chief Executive Elon Musk said an announcement on the location of Tesla’s next factory in the U.S. could come as soon as next month, but likely within three months. And there will be more factory announcements to come.
“So as for how many will be in five years, I’m not, I don’t know right now what that number would be,” Musk said during the company’s Q1 earnings call. “I guess, several more than there are today.”
Tesla’s fourth factory is currently under construction in Germany. Giga Berlin, expected to be completed next year, will be the company’s largest to date. Tesla will first start producing the Model Y in Germany, which will be key in supplying the electric crossover to the European market. Giga Shanghai, which was completed last year, is already in the middle of a massive expansion.
Tesla’s next U.S. factory is expected to build the Cybertruck, and possibly the Semi. Musk said Wednesday that the factory will be massive – large enough to dub a “Terafctory.”
Musk has said on Twitter that the company was scouting the middle of the country for the new factory’s location. He mentioned Texas as a possibility. States including Missouri, Kansas, and Tennessee have all publicly offered incentives to attract the automaker.
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