Giga Nevada

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the facility, like to the Gigafactory and then back to the-

Yeah, from the Gigafactory up to the guard shack, to the light pack-

Okay

... and then come back around.

And what were your first impressions?

Wow, this is a, it was different.

Um, the acceleration, uh, be- you know, we were on a, so we were at the, the Gigafactory, going from the Gigafactory to the, you know, to the Semi factory, but then we went beyond on a road that was heading, I think it was Electric Avenue-

Yeah, it's been a long time coming.

Yeah, and the history is not just about the Semi, and we'll talk plenty about it, but it's really about our presence and commitment to this campus here in Nevada.

'Cause it was back in 2013 that we realized to ha- meet our ambitious goals of Model 3, and to build everything that we wanted, we needed the largest battery factory in the world, and that's eventually what became Giga Nevada.

Literally, we had to double the world's lithium ion battery production, and we do that over here, and we ship millions of cars worth of cells.

Yeah, and the thing that's really neat about this is that this is also the impetus for Semi, because we picked this site, and then it immediately became clear, like, why are we shipping parts for electric cars on diesel trucks? This doesn't feel right, and we knew we had to do something about it.

So we've done a lot since then.

We, we definitely built, you know, the biggest car, uh, battery factory in the world, but also we've continued our investment here in Reno.

Back then, we committed a lot, and actually we're sitting here on our ten-year anniversary of, of Giga Nevada opening.

It's almost like a sports car in truck form.

Tesla has said it invested at least $6.2 billion into the Gigafactory since 2014. and hired 11,000 employees as of 2023.

The factory opening comes as competition increases across the globe for electric vehicles.

Other competitors like Aurora Innovation and Kodiak Robotics are already conducting driverless tests and moving cargo on public U.S. roads.

right.

Welcome to Sparks, Nevada, side of the Tesla Gigafactory and our Tesla semi truck factory as well.

So I can't believe it's been five years.

So we unveiled the Tesla semi five years ago.

And it's right next door to the Giga Nevada, our Giga factory here, which produces the most number of battery cells in North America.

It produces our drive units and battery packs.

And yeah, so I'd just like to start off by giving a big hand to the Tesla Gigafactory team and the Tesla semi-truck team.

It's like...

In Indiana.

Then I'm going to the X Takeover at the Gigafactory.

Lola and I are going to get to tour the Gigafactory and see.

Did you guys see that they're coming out with the Tesla Roadster, the flying car? It's coming out soon.

No.

And then, um, phase three of the plan is, um, whilst we're doing this, we're building a gigawatt factory.

So a bit like the Tesla Gigafactory, we're gonna build a gigawatt factory where, um, we're building the capacity here in Texas to be able to build 1,000 units a year, like an automotive production line, um, to deliver a gigawatt, uh, of capacity per year, um, by the end of 2030.

Um, now these are aggressive timelines, um, but achievable.

Um, and-