Tesla Gigafactory

[techmaven]

The First American Gigafactory Probably Won’t Be from Tesla

t Be from Tesla Navigant Research

Looks like LG Chem's Michigan factory may beat Tesla to the 1 Gigawatt mark.
"Meanwhile, near the shore of Lake Michigan, an LG Chem factory is poised to be the first North American facility to produce more than 1 GWh of automotive Li-ion cells, likely before the end of 2016."

They never were supposed to be. Both LG/GM's Holland plant and Nissan's Smyrna plant were supposed to be just over 1 Gigawatt at max capacity. They just hadn't gotten to full nameplate capacity due to a lack of demand.

Of course, trumpeting 1.5 or even 2 GWh of capacity is nothing when Tesla's Gigafactory is talking about 35 GWh at full nameplate. We'll see when Holland brings the 4th line online.

 

[wdolson]

I think the first phase of the gigafactory comes on line in spring. It should be able to hit one GW.

1 GWh is about 11,000 90KWh battery packs for Model S and X. That's only about 1/5 of Tesla's annual car production.

The race to 1 GWh might be won by LG Chem, but Tesla will almost certainly win the race to 2 GWh and probably before the end of 2016.

 

[RobinF]

Wow, this thread has really gotten off topic. The last significant comments or questions regarding the actual Gigafactory are on page 71. Pages 71-77 are all conjecture regarding batteries. Maybe they could be sawed off and given their own thread so that any meaningful updates or comments about the Gigafactory can be more easily referenced?

Agreed.
Like where's the latest on site photos?

 

[pmadflyer]

Agreed.
Like where's the latest on site photos?

Links posted from an automobile magazine in the investor GF thread. Photo shoot on site.

 

[Doug_G]

Moving a bunch of posts to Future Tesla Batteries

 

[pmadflyer]

Aforementioned photos of the Model S on site.

http://www.caranddriver.com/photo-gallery/tesla-model-s-70-70d-2016-10best-cars-feature

 

[pmadflyer]

It appears the drone footage of the Gigafactory, and associated account have been removed from YouTube.

 

[brandude87]

It appears the drone footage of the Gigafactory, and associated account have been removed from YouTube.

:crying: Anyone make offline copies by chance?

 

[chateauoaks]

The Tesla Gigafactory is to expand it's original footprint by 40%!! I haven't seen this information posted anywhere in this thread. Check out this link and adjusted photo:

http://electrek.co/?s=gigafactory

 

[hobbes]

The Tesla Gigafactory is to expand it's original footprint by 40%!! I haven't seen this information posted anywhere in this thread. Check out this link and adjusted photo:

http://electrek.co/?s=gigafactory

I remember similar news earlier this year about an increase in size of GF. Is this new news or did electrec not remember this?

 

[FredLambert]

I remember similar news earlier this year about an increase in size of GF. Is this new news or did electrec not remember this?

Hi, Fred from Electrek here. Earlier this summer we reported on officials from the Story County Commission saying that the factory could be twice as big as originally planned, but the latest information is from a Tesla exec rather than Nevada officials and with a "precise" number this time of 13.6 million sq-ft.

 

[chateauoaks]

Thanks, Fred. Love reading Electrek btw!

 

[FredLambert]

Thanks, Fred. Love reading Electrek btw!

Thanks for reading.

 

[hobbes]

Hi, Fred from Electrek here. Earlier this summer we reported on officials from the Story County Commission saying that the factory could be twice as big as originally planned, but the latest information is from a Tesla exec rather than Nevada officials and with a "precise" number this time of 13.6 million sq-ft.

Ah, great . Thanks for clarifiying. Its hard to keep track of everything and many news outlets recycle news or don´t know there stuff. Good to know that´s not the case here.

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Looks like Elon mentioned something like that in Q1/15 ER too:
Tesla Gigafactory Investor Thread - Page 206

 

[RobinF]

Ah, great . Thanks for clarifiying. Its hard to keep track of everything and many news outlets recycle news or don´t know there stuff. Good to know that´s not the case here.

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Looks like Elon mentioned something like that in Q1/15 ER too:
Tesla Gigafactory Investor Thread - Page 206

So to be clear, is it suggested that this extra floor space is above and beyond the space added by the mezzanine level?

 

[bwa]

:crying: Anyone make offline copies by chance?

Yes, I have one. Not sure which one.

 

[Ingineer]

Yes, I have one. Not sure which one.

Awesome, can you upload it to a file sharing site?

 

[pmadflyer]

I wonder if Tesla is trying to keep the progress secret until the opening ceremony for phase one. Have there been any images or video since the Model S photo shoot? It feels like it's been nearly two months since an update.

 

[notAmeenPerson]

Earthquakes in the area?

 

[wdolson]

Earthquakes in the area?

The entire Great Basin is a maze of faults, it's why the region looks like a rumpled carpet. I'm sure the Gigafactory is built to handle most of the quakes the region can throw at it. Building for seismic safety is common in western states.