Tesla will likely produce its upcoming Model Y crossover SUV at its Gigafactory in Reno, Nevada, the automaker said on Wednesday.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 18, 2019, at 9:34 PM, Tom Hudson via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> 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 > > -- > Thomas Hudson > http://portev.org -- Electric Vehicles, Solar Power & More > http://klanky.com -- Animation Projects > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190819/405b6b7a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
