Gigafactory or GigaFactory is a
generic term
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referring to "...facilities that produce batteries for electric vehicles on a large scale".
The term was initially used by the electric car manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Tesla, Inc. ( or ) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles (electric cars and trucks), battery energy storage from home to grid- ...
to refer to their battery manufacturing facilities.
The concept's success has led to the genericization of the term.
Tesla Gigafactories
''Gigafactory'' may refer to the following Tesla factories:
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Gigafactory 1
Gigafactory Nevada (also known as Giga Nevada or Gigafactory 1) is a lithium-ion battery and electric vehicle component factory in Storey County, Nevada, US. The facility, located east of Reno, is owned and operated by Tesla, Inc., and supplie ...
(officially named Giga Nevada) in Storey County, Nevada, U.S.
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Gigafactory 2
Gigafactory New York (also known as Giga New York or Gigafactory 2) is a photovoltaic (PV) cell factory leased by Tesla in Riverbend, Buffalo, New York. The factory, owned by the State of New York, was built on brownfield land remediated from ...
(officially named Giga New York), in Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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Gigafactory 3 (officially named Giga Shanghai), in Pudong, Shanghai, China
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Gigafactory 4 (officially named Giga Berlin), in Grünheide, state of Brandenburg (near Berlin), Germany
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Gigafactory 5 (officially named Giga Texas), in Austin, Texas, U.S.
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Gigafactory 6 (planned), in
Santa Catarina,
Nuevo León
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México
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See also
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Britishvolt
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Tesla Factory
The Tesla Fremont Factory is an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, operated by Tesla, Inc. The facility opened as General Motors' Fremont Assembly in 1962, and was later operated by NUMMI, a GM–Toyota joint venture. Tes ...
, in Fremont, California, U.S.
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Tesla facilities in Tilburg
Tesla, Inc. has several factory buildings in the industrial zone of Vossenberg, Tilburg, in the Netherlands. In December 2012, a European Distribution Centre in Tilburg was announced, acting as the European parts and services headquarters. The T ...
, Netherlands
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