Tesla To Hold Gigafactory Grand Opening on July 29

Posted by msmash on Monday May 30, 2016 @04:50AM from the big-giant-factories dept.

Tesla's mammoth 13-acre battery making Gigafactory isn't due to begin production on lithium ion cells until next year, but according to a report on Fortune, the factory's grand opening is to be held on July 29. According to a report on Bloomberg, as of earlier this month, only 14 percent of the Gigafactory has been built so far. Though, Tesla is already utilizing it to produce Powerpacks and Powerwalls. The factory will apparently cost at least $5 billion to make. (Thanks to an anonymous reader for sharing the link.)

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Not 13 acres by DrXym · 2016-05-30 05:07 · Score: 3, Insightful

It's 130+ acres.
Re:Tesla Powerwall by Anonymous Coward · 2016-05-30 05:30 · Score: 4, Insightful

More explodey than say, a direct pipe feeding your home with natural gas? Heating oil?