Giga Texas

Gigafactory Texas (also Tesla Gigafactory 5 or Giga Texas) is an automotive manufacturing facility near Austin, Texas, under construction by Tesla, Inc. since July 2020.[1] Tesla aims to have it up and running by the end of 2021.[2]

Gigafactory Texas
Tesla Gigafactory Texas under construction in February 2021.
Location of Gigafactory Texas
Built~2020‒2021 (~2020‒2021)
LocationAustin, Texas
Coordinates30.23°N 97.6°W / 30.23; -97.6 (Giga Texas: Tesla Colorado River Project / Cybertruck factory)
IndustryAutomotive
Products
Area~2,481 acres (1,000 ha)
Owner(s)Tesla Inc.

The factory is planned to be the main factory for the Tesla Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi; it will also produce Model 3 and Model Y cars for the Eastern United States.[2][3][4]

Selection process

Tesla had been considering locations across eight states in the central United States during 2019‒2020.[5]

Golden Driller statue in Tulsa as 75-foot-high (23 m) Elon Musk of Tesla, during bidding process in May 2020

Community groups and government officials in several areas of the US expressed interest in hosting what was expected to be a very large Tesla Gigafactory manufacturing facility.[6] Some expressing interest in facilitating land procurement, getting over the regulatory obstacles, and considering potential tax incentives.[7] Some used social media marketing aiming to reach Elon Musk directly.[8][9]

By May 2020, a selection process was underway by Tesla. The short list included Austin, Nashville (Tennessee) and Tulsa (Oklahoma).[10][11][12] Two locations in the vicinity of Tulsa had been viewed by Tesla by mid-May.[12] The Tulsa campaign was promoted by G. T. Bynum, the mayor of Tulsa. In May 2020 Bynum discussed the suitability of "Green Country" (Northeastern Oklahoma)[12] and distributed a photomontage of the Cybertruck in Tulsa Police Department livery, with a suggestion of local purchasing, if the Gigafactory were to be situated near Tulsa.[13] On May 20, 2020, wrap advertising was applied to the Golden Driller statue located at the Tulsa Expo Center to create a caricature of Elon Musk, with the word "Tulsa" on statue's belt buckle replaced by the "Tesla" name.[14][15]

In July 2020, Tesla selected Austin as the site.[16]

Austin

In 2014, Tesla evaluated a 1,500-acre (600 ha; 2 sq mi; 6 km2) manufacturing site on U.S. Route 79 at Frame Switch (30.54°N 97.5°W / 30.54; -97.5 (Hutto MegaSite, (Frame Switch, Texas))), located between the towns of Hutto and Taylor, north-east of the Greater Austin center as its next factory.[17][18] Tesla subsequently chose to construct Giga Nevada (formerly Gigafactory 1) in Nevada in 2014.

By June of 2020, a different location near Austin was being considered. It is a 2,100-acre (850 ha; 3.3 sq mi; 8.5 km2) site (30.23°N 97.6°W / 30.23; -97.6 (Tesla Colorado River site, (Hornsby Bend, Texas))) bordering Harold Green Road and Texas State Highway 130.[19] On June 16, 2020 the Commissioners' court of Travis County discussed a possible incentives package for Tesla.[20][21] In July 2020, the Del Valle Independent School District approved a tax incentives package worth $68 million, should the Tesla Gigafactory be built.[19]

On July 22, 2020, during a 2Q2020 earnings call, Tesla announced that Del Valle, Austin, Texas had been selected for Gigafactory 5.[2]

By the end of July, construction had begun.[1] The Tesla Gigafactory received state tax incentives worth about $50 million through the Texas Tax Code Chapter 313 program. [22]

Die casting
Construction workers preparing three Giga Press foundations at the Giga Texas factory site in January 2021

During the night of January 18/19, 2021, concrete foundations for three Giga Press high-press die-casting machines were poured at the north-west corner Giga Texas factory location.[23][24]

On January 21, 2021 the first Giga Press components started to arrive on site in crates and shipping containers.[25][26] On January 22, 2021 the base frame of the first Giga Press was unboxed and craned into position.[27]

See also

References
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