On 8/18/2019 8:45 AM, Michael Ross via EV wrote:
I see the naming slipping - Gigafactory in Nevada means a battery plant. In
Shanghai it is an automobile manufacturing facility.
The name is NOT "slipping". Like the main Gigafactory in Nevada, Gigafactory 3 in China
will produce battery cells/modules and other items; it just adds cars to that list.
Presumably, like Gigafactory 1, it will build batteries and motors, and will have the
added benefit of being the assembly location for the Model 3, unlike Gigafactory 1 in
Nevada, which has to ship those components to California for final assembly. I always
thought this was an unfortunate situation, having to ship those critical components
hundreds of miles to Fremont. There has always been talk about doing actual vehicle
assembly at Gigafactory 1 at some point -- would sure make sense to do that, to simplify
the manufacturing logistics, as long as you had the manpower available -- and they keep
enlarging the thing, so I'd expect to see vehicle assembly there at some point.
For the China factory, Tesla will circumvent any tariffs and provide a product that is
more appealing to the Chinese car-buying public than a foreign-made vehicle. Should be
interesting to see what happens there, but it looks like they're on track for their goal
of starting production later this year.
-Tom
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