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phase 1 of gigafactory 1 under construction, to manufacture Li-Ion batteries in Nevada.

When complete, it will be the largest footprint manufacturing building in the world. The scale can be deceiving; this two-story structure is 72 ft. tall.

10 responses to “The Tesla Gigafactory Construction Tour”

  1. Project lead J.B. Straubel, on Electric AvenueDSC05739And up on the roofDSC05747

  2. No mention of the Architect?

  3. looks like a small house in Texas

  4. Elon’s tweet sure was popular: Elon Tweet of Gigafactory And here is a rendering of the finished plant: gigafactory Sj edit

  5. Gigaom pulled it together into a nice photoessay, and CleanTechnica.

  6. Hope he gets some tax cuts with a monster factory like that

  7. curious about the floor channels, spikes …

  8. floor channels are for the poured concrete to key into and remaining stable, spikes are for the re-bar to be elevated from metal flooring to be added for strength and stability ……..conduit and lines to be laid for power and such…alot more work trades to be done there http://www.google.com/patents/US3251167

    And the bill to allow TESLA Sales to restart in NJ has been put on Christies’s Desk for signature………. http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/christie_to_decide_...

  9. Almost ready for those Tesla Model 3 batteries

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