Tesla has officially started a significant expansion of its Giga Nevada facility, focusing on the production of its all-electric Semi truck. This development, reportedly announced on January 17, 2024, marks a historic moment for the company, according to Zanegler (@HinrichsZane). The expansion, a subject of speculation until recently, is now visibly underway. Drone footage shared […]
Tesla has announced a significant pay increase for hourly workers at its battery factory in Sparks, Nevada. Starting in early January, some set-rate hourly employees will see their wages rise by approximately 10%, as reported by CNBC on Monday. According to internal materials cited in the report, Tesla will increase the hourly wage from $20 […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada will receive more than $330 million in tax breaks from the state for the company’s recently announced expansion plans, as gained on Thursday when Republican Governor Joe Lombardo’s office approved the proposal (via ABC News). The approval came from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, and Lombardo noted that the […]
Tesla supplier Panasonic currently produces around two billion cells per year at its large-scale electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, the first of its kind in the U.S., located at the former’s Gigafactory in Nevada. However, the battery plant wasn’t as productive since day one. Panasonic started building this facility in 2015, and it took the […]
Tesla has two brand new manufacturing facilities in the works near Giga Nevada, according to statements from Governor Joe Lombardo and the White House, and now confirmed by the automaker. Following the confirmation, Tesla shared a video on Wednesday showing CEO Elon Musk’s announcement speech about expanding operations with the $3.6 billion investment. In the […]
Tesla is looking to expand Gigafactory Nevada after years of announcing plans to do so, according to sources familiar with the matter reporting to electrek. Past statements by Tesla held that the Giga Nevada location would be able to produce around 105 GWh of battery cells per year and 150 GWh of battery packs per […]
Tesla’s Vice President of Gigafactory Operations Chris Lister has departed from the company, as confirmed in leaked audio shared with CNBC. Lister spent 22 years at PepsiCo in precision manufacturing, before starting at Tesla in 2017. The audio, captured from an internal meeting at Giga Nevada, discusses Lister’s leaving and the promotion of Hrushikesh “Hrushi” […]
Recent drone footage from Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada, shared to YouTube by Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), showcases a record 293 Tesla Megapacks being prepared to go out for delivery from the facility. Just uploaded some new Tesla Giga Nevada footage showcasing record Tesla Megapacks, brief Tesla Semi factory footage, and an interesting increase in crash test […]
According to a recent tweet from Tesla investor and sleuth Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), the Tesla Semi has officially gone into limited production at Gigafactory Nevada. The tip has been corroborated by drone footage of the Semi production facility at Giga Nevada from Friday. BREAKING: A source has informed me that the Tesla Semi is now […]
In August, a Tesla employee thwarted a Russian hacker’s attempts to install malware onto Tesla’s internal operating system. The hacker attempted to recruit the employee, only to be discreetly turned in to the FBI by Tesla. Now, as reported by CTV News, a 26-year-old Russian cyber-attacker, Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, plead “not guilty” to courts on […]
