Tesla Gigafactory 1 Battery Production at ‘~20 GWh’ – More Than All Other Carmakers Combined
August 2nd, 2018Via: Electrek:
Tesla Gigafactory 1, the Tesla/Panasonic battery factory in Nevada, is starting to reach some impressive levels of production.
The automaker has now confirmed Gigafactory 1 battery production is now at ‘~20 GWh’, which it claims is “more than all other carmakers combined.”
We have previously estimated that battery production had already reached 20 GWh solely based on the battery supply needed for the new level of Model 3 production that Tesla has reached last month.
Now Tesla has confirmed it in its shareholder letter released yesterday:
“At the end of July, Gigafactory 1 battery production reached an annualized run rate of roughly 20 GWh, making it the highest-volume battery plant in the world by a significant margin. Consequently, Tesla currently produces more batteries in terms of kWh than all other carmakers combined.”
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