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Tesla Gigafactory Texas
Tesla
Austin, TX, USA
-97.61833333, 30.22305556
The Big Green Machine Site ID: 164
Additional Information:
Sector: EVs
Activity: Manufacturing
Product: EVs
Project Announcement Date: 7/22/2020
Target for Starting Production: 2022
Date Commercial Production Started: 4/2022
Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No
Target Annual Production: 1000000 EVs
Current Annual Production: 375000 EVs
Operating Status: Operating Partially; Under Construction
Target Jobs: 60000
Current Jobs: 20089
Capital Investment: $5810 million
Congressional District: TX35
Government Subsidies:
Local/State: $64 million
Selected Sources:
“Musk: Tesla Investing $10B In Giga Austin, Will Create 20,000 Jobs”, Dan Mihalascu, InsideEVs, 17 Dec 2021. 🔗
“Tesla secures tax breaks for cybertruck factory in Texas”, Reuters, Reuters, 14 Jul 2020. 🔗
“Tesla Gigafactory Texas achieves impressive annual rate of 150,000 Model Ys”, Peter Johnson, Electrek, 15 Dec 2022. 🔗
“Tesla Production Sites By Model Assignment, Capacity: January 2023”, InsideEVs, 28 Jan 2023. 🔗
“Performance Year: 2022 Reporting Year: March 31, 2023 Payment Year: 2022”, bwbx.io, 30 Mar 2023. 🔗
“Tesla plans for 375,000 Cybertrucks per year, will have release candidates by late August”, Peter Johnson, Electrek, 08 Jun 2023. 🔗
“60K Tesla workers in Austin? That's the plan”, Austin Business Journal, 20 Sep 2023. 🔗
“Tesla to build world’s largest rooftop solar installation”, Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, The Center Square, 08 Dec 2023. 🔗
“Tesla's Annual Vehicle Production Capacity Remains Stable At Over 2.3 Million”, InsideEVs, 26 Jan 2024. 🔗
“East Austin factory would feature world’s largest rooftop solar array”, Ken Chambers, Austin Monitor, 31 Oct 2023. 🔗
“Elon Musk Boosts Headcount by 86% at Biggest Site of His Texas Empire”, Bloomberg.com, 01 Apr 2024. 🔗
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