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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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