Gigafactory Texas

Gigafactory Texas
Gigafactory Texas main building
Map
Built2020‒2022
OperatedAugust 2021 (2021-08)
Location13101 Tesla Road
Austin, Texas
United States
Coordinates30°13′15″N 97°37′07″W / 30.220874637587702°N 97.61864963428322°W / 30.220874637587702; -97.61864963428322 (Gigafactory Texas)
IndustryAutomotive
Products
Employees20,000 (2023)[1]
AreaFloor area: 10,000,000 sq ft (930,000 m2)[1]
Land: 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km2; 2,100 acres)
Owner(s)Tesla, Inc.
Websitetesla.com/giga-texas

Gigafactory Texas (also known as Giga Texas, Giga Austin, or Gigafactory 5) is a Tesla, Inc. automotive manufacturing facility in unincorporated Travis County, Texas, just outside of Austin. Construction began in July 2020,[2] limited production of Model Y began before the end of 2021,[3][4] and initial deliveries of vehicles built at the factory took place at an opening party called "Cyber Rodeo" on April 7, 2022.[5]

The factory produces Model Y cars for the Eastern United States and is also the main factory for the Cybertruck and the company's next-generation vehicle.[3][6][7][8] It also serves as the site of Tesla's corporate headquarters.[9] Tesla employs over 20,000 people at the factory and expects to eventually have a staff of 60,000 as production ramps up.[1] It is the country's second biggest factory by size as well as the second-largest building by volume in the world after the Boeing Everett Factory.[10]

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