Tesla, Inc. manufactures their products worldwide and also operates a lithium ore refinery. The following is a list of current, future, and former facilities.
Current production facilities
Name City Country Products Opened/Acquired Employees Floor Area VIN Code Comments Fremont Factory Fremont, California 2010 22,000 F Former GM Fremont Assembly and Toyota/GM NUMMI plant. Tesla facilities in Tilburg Tilburg Automotive parts 2013 540 — Knock-down kit assembly site for Model S & X until 2021. Location reconfigured to manufacture parts. Tesla Lathrop Lathrop, California Automotive parts 2014 — Former Chrysler parts distribution building. Facility supports the Tesla Fremont Factory and hosts some suppliers. Kato Facility Fremont, California 2015 — Former SolarCity facility. 4680 battery "pilot factory" with annual capacity of 10 GWh. Tesla Tool and Die Grand Rapids, Michigan Tool and die casting equipment 2015 100 — Former Riviera Tool and Die factory. Gigafactory 1 Nevada Storey County, Nevada 2016 7,000 N Annual battery capacity of up to 35 GWh. Gigafactory 2 New York Buffalo, New York 2017 1,500 — Former SolarCity facility. Location serves as base for autopilot labeling. Tesla Automation Prüm Manufacturing equipment 2017 800 — Former Grohmann Automation facility. Neutraubling 2017 100 — Former Grohmann Automation branch location. Neuwied 2020 210 — Former Assembly & Test Europe factory. Manufactures transmission and battery assembly lines. Reutlingen 2025 300 — Former production and research site of Manz Tesla Brooklyn Park Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Manufacturing equipment 2017 150 — Former Perbix Machine Company factory. Tesla Elgin Elgin, Illinois Manufacturing equipment 2017 — Former Compass Automation factory. Produced and development of automated assembly and inspection systems. Tesla Toronto Automation Richmond Hill, Ontario Battery manufacturing equipment 2019 150 — Former Hibar Systems facility. Markham, Ontario 2021 — Former Hibar Systems branch location. Gigafactory 3 Shanghai Shanghai 2019 20,000 C Tesla Shanghai Supercharger Factory Shanghai Supercharger 2021 — Annual production of 10,000 chargers. Gigafactory 4 Berlin-Brandenburg Grünheide 2022 12,000 B Gigafactory 5 Texas Austin, Texas 2022 20,000 A Also serves as Tesla HQ. Megafactory Lathrop Lathrop, California Megapack 2022 1,000 — Former JCPenney distribution center.Fremont battery factoryFremont, CaliforniaLithium-ion batteries2023—Supports Kato Facility. Tesla LithiumRobstown, Texas 2024 250 — Lithium refinery with estimated annual material capacity for 50 GWh of batteries. Megafactory Shanghai Shanghai Megapack 2025 — Estimated annual production of 10,000 Megapacks.Megafactory TexasBrookshire, TexasMegapack20261,500 — Tesla has held the lease on the building since October 2021.
Planned production facilities Name City Country Products Expected Opening Employees Floor Area CommentsCell factory at Megafactory NevadaStorey County, NevadaPrismatic LFP cells for Megapack202610 GWh/year capacity when ramped up Gigafactory MexicoMonterrey, Nuevo LeonNext-gen vehicle 2027 10,000 TerafabGrimes County, TexasSemiconductors TBD 1,800 Terafab is a planned semiconductor fabrication plant jointly developed by Tesla, SpaceX, and Intel.
Former production facilities Name City Country Products In use Employees VIN Code Comments Tesla Menlo Park Menlo Park, California Roadster (1st gen) 2008–2012 1 Former Chevrolet dealership. Final assembly of gliders manufactured at Lotus Cars in Hethel. Location closed and land was converted to mixed-used development by 2022. Lotus Cars Hethel Roadster (1st gen) 2008–2012 3 Built gliders under contract for assembly in Menlo Park, complete assembly of vehicles for European distribution. Tesla Palo Alto Facility Palo Alto, California 2010–2016 650P Initial Model S cars built at the facility in 2010. From 2010 to 2016, supplied powertrains for Tesla and other automakers. Location served as Tesla HQ from 2010 to 2021. Location remains active for other uses.
Note: Maxwell Technologies was acquired by Tesla in 2019 for their battery technology. Maxwell continued to operate as subsidiary until 2021. Due to the short holding time and no known products produced under Tesla, their production facilities are not listed above.
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References
External links Manufacturing official website, "Here's Where Tesla Produces Its Electric Cars Around the World", Newsweek, 2021-08-03