List of Tesla factories

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Tesla, Inc. operates plants worldwide for the manufacture of their products, including electric vehicles,^[1] lithium-ion batteries, solar shingles, chargers, automobile parts, manufacturing equipment and tools for its own factories, as well as a lithium ore refinery. The following is a list of current, future and former facilities.^[2]

Robotic manufacturing of the Model S at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California

Current production facilities

Name	City	Country	Products	Opened/ Acquired	Employees	Floor Area	VIN Code [N 1]	Comments
Fremont Factory	Fremont, California	United States	Model S Model X Model 3 Model Y	2010	22,000[4]	5,500,000 sq ft (510,000 m2)[5]	F[6]	Former GM Fremont Assembly and Toyota/GM NUMMI plant.[7]
Tesla facilities in Tilburg	Tilburg	Netherlands	Automotive parts	2013	540[8]	1,688,217 sq ft (156,840.5 m2)[9]	—	Knock-down kit assembly site for Model S & X until 2021.[8][10] Location reconfigured to manufacture parts.
Tesla Lathrop Factory	Lathrop, California	United States	Automotive parts	2014		885,867 sq ft (82,299.7 m2)[5]	—	Former Chrysler parts distribution building.[11][5] Facility supports the Tesla Fremont Factory and hosts some suppliers.[12]
Kato Factory	Fremont, California	United States	Lithium-ion batteries Pilot product production	2015		506,409 sq ft (47,046.9 m2)[13]	—	Former SolarCity facility. 4680 battery "pilot factory" with annual capacity of 10 GWh.[14][15]
Tesla Tool and Die Factory	Grand Rapids, Michigan	United States	Tool and die casting equipment	2015	100[16]	176,606 sq ft (16,407.2 m2)[5]	—	Former Riviera Tool and Die factory.[5][17]
Gigafactory Nevada	Storey County, Nevada	United States	Lithium-ion batteries Electric motors Powerwall Tesla Semi	2016	7,000	5,400,000 sq ft (500,000 m2)	N[18]	Annual battery capacity of up to 35 GWh.
Gigafactory New York	Buffalo, New York	United States	Solar Roof Supercharger	2017	1,500[19]	1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2)[20]	—	Former SolarCity facility. Location serves as base for autopilot labeling.
Tesla Automation	Prüm	Germany	Manufacturing equipment	2017	800[21]		—	Former Grohmann Automation facility.[22]
	Neutraubling			2017	100[23]		—	Former Grohmann Automation branch location.
	Neuwied			2020	210[24]		—	Former Assembly & Test Europe factory.[25] Manufactures transmission and battery assembly lines.[24]
Tesla Brooklyn Park	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	United States	Manufacturing equipment	2017	150[26]	125,560 sq ft (11,665 m2)[27]	—	Former Perbix Machine Company factory.[28]
Tesla Elgin	Elgin, Illinois	United States	Manufacturing equipment	2017			—	Former Compass Automation factory. Produced and development of automated assembly and inspection systems.[29][30]
Tesla Toronto Automation	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Canada	Battery manufacturing equipment	2019	150[31]		—	Former Hibar Systems facility.[32][31]
	Markham, Ontario	Canada		2021		110,000 sq ft (10,000 m2)[33][34]	—	Former Hibar Systems branch location.
Gigafactory Shanghai	Shanghai	China	Model 3 Model Y	2019	20,000[35]	4,500,000 sq ft (418,000 m2)[5]	C
Tesla Shanghai Supercharger Factory	Shanghai	China	Supercharger	2021		54,000 sq ft (5,000 m2)[36]	—	Annual production of 10,000 chargers.[37]
Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg	Grünheide	Germany	Model Y Lithium-ion batteries (future)	2022[38]	10,000[39]	2,240,000 sq ft (208,000 m2)	B
Gigafactory Texas	Austin, Texas	United States	Model Y Cybertruck Next-gen vehicle (future)	2022	20,000[40]	10,000,000 sq ft (930,000 m2)[41]	A[6]	Also serves as Tesla HQ.
Megafactory Lathrop	Lathrop, California	United States	Megapack	2022	1,000[42]	440,538 sq ft (40,927.3 m2)[43]	—	Former JCPenney distribution center.[44][45]
Fremont battery factory	Fremont, California	United States	Lithium-ion batteries	2023		210,000 sq ft (20,000 m2)[46]	—	Supports Kato Factory.
Hayward NPI Warehouse	Hayward, California	United States	Automotive parts	2023		148,500 sq ft (13,800 m2)[47]	—	Warehouse supporting New Product Introduction department.[48]
Tesla Lithium	Robstown, Texas	United States	Battery-grade lithium hydroxide	2024[49]	250[50]		—	Lithium refinery with estimated annual material capacity for 50 GWh of batteries.[51][52]
Megafactory Shanghai	Shanghai	China	Megapack	2025[53]		656,000 sq ft (60,900 m2)	—	Estimated annual production of 10,000 Megapacks.[54]

Future production facilities

Name	City	Country	Products	Expected Opening	Employees	Floor Area	Comments
Megafactory Texas	Brookshire, Texas	United States	Megapack	2025	1,500	1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2)	Tesla has held the lease on the building since October 2021.[55]
Gigafactory Mexico	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon	Mexico	Next-gen vehicle	2026	10,000[56]

Former production facilities

Name	City	Country	Products	In use	Employees	VIN Code	Comments
Tesla Menlo Park Factory	Menlo Park, California	United States	Roadster (1st gen)	2008–2012		1[57]	Former Chevrolet dealership.[58] Final assembly of gliders manufactured at Lotus Cars in Hethel.[59][60] Location closed and land was converted to mixed-used development by 2022.[61]
Lotus Cars	Hethel	United Kingdom	Roadster (1st gen)	2008–2012		3[62]	Built gliders under contract for assembly in Menlo Park, complete assembly of vehicles for European distribution.
Tesla Palo Alto Facility	Palo Alto, California	United States	Model S (alpha build)[63] Powertrain components[64]	2010–2016	650[64]	P[65]	Initial Model S cars built at the facility in 2010.[63] From 2010 to 2016, supplied powertrains for Tesla and other automakers.[64] Location served as Tesla HQ from 2010 to 2021.[66] Location remains active for other uses.[citation needed]

Note: Maxwell Technologies was acquired by Tesla in 2019 for their battery technology.^[67] Maxwell continued to operate as subsidiary until 2021.^[68] Due to the short holding time and no known products produced under Tesla, their production facilities are not listed above.

Notes

1. The eleventh character of the vehicle identification number (VIN) indicates the factory the car has been built in. "R" in the eleventh character of the VIN denotes a "Research" vehicle with no specific factory.^[3]