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Tesla launches new construction company in China

2019-10-03T13:45:00-04:00

...Tesla Inc has registered a construction company in China, a business registration filing shows, the latest sign Tesla is pushing ahead with its plans in the world’s biggest auto market.

According to China's National Enterprise Information Publicity System, the new construction unit has opened with a registered capital of $1 million and a scope that includes architectural design, construction, and building materials, Reuters reports.

The purpose of the construction company isn't clear, but with Tesla's recent erection of manufacturing facilities in Shanghai, one could deduce that their future building operations may be better off "in-house."

A look inside Tesla's growing Gigafactory: "It will blow your mind."

2015-11-19T13:24:00-05:00

Musk had warned me that the scale of the place would be overwhelming. "It will blow your mind. You see it in person and then realize, Fuck, this is big." He was right. It was impossible not to feel awestruck by the sprawling, 71-foot-tall structure stretched out, miragelike, before me as I drove into a shallow canyon. [...] When the Gigafactory is finished, it will be only slightly smaller than Boeing’s Everett, Washington, plant, which is the world’s largest building by volume.

Tesla Announces Plans to Build $5 Billion Battery 'Gigafactory'

2014-02-27T15:05:00-05:00

The Palo Alto, Calif., company outlined plans for a factory that would employ up to 6,500 people and cover as many as 1,000 acres, including solar and wind farms to supply its power needs. It is evaluating sites in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, Tesla said in a regulatory filing. The proposed 10 million-square-foot facility would make the powerful and pricey lithium-ion batteries that power its Model S and future vehicles.

On its Tesla Blog, the company claims that "by the end of the first year of volume production of our mass market vehicle, we expect the Gigafactory will have driven down the per kWh cost of our battery pack by more than 30 percent."

Is the electric car not so dead after all?

See some slides from the 'Gigafactory' presentation below or click here for the full document.