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03 TESLA NEVADA GIGAFACTORY
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03 TESLA NEVADA GIGAFACTORY

LOCATION : NEVADA , USA REVENUE : US $ 24.9BN EMPLOYEES : 140,473 CEO : ELON MUSK COMPANY FOUNDED : 2003
This Tesla Gigafactory , located in Sparks , Nevada , is a leading electric vehicle and battery manufacturing plant . Sixteen city blocks long with a length of 4,300ft , this colossal factory is one of the largest buildings by footprint in the world .
Opened in 2014 to drive the production of Tesla ’ s energy storage products , lithium-ion batteries and EV innovation , the Gigafactory leads on both large-scale production and advanced manufacturing techniques .
Tesla aims to produce batteries for up to 500,000 electric vehicles per year at the Gigafactory .
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