Tesla Motors Plans To Build a Giant Factory Electric Cars in Europe-CEO of Tesla Motors, Elon
Musk, said that his company plans to build a giant factory in Europe. The
strategic plan is expressed on the sidelines of a press conference on the
acquisition of Tesla Grohmann Engineering.
The
young billionaire said that the facility will not only focus on lithium-ion
battery assembly, but also will produce the car intact. However,
Musk has not announced exactly where the plant is to be built. They will decide
next year.
"We
plan to explore the different locations for vehicles, batteries, and Tesla
powertrain - basically is Gigafactory integrated," he said.
Not
only that, in the future, Musk was also not refuse if plants in Europe will be
more than one. This they decided to further deepen penetration in the European
market, an area where the development of electric cars is big enough.
"In
the long run, Tesla will have at least one and maybe two or three-vehicle and
battery factories located in Europe," he added.
So
far, what is being done Tesla is preparing for an entry-level electric car, the
Model 3, to the market by the middle of next year. The hope is that they can
sell 600 thousand cars per year. Tesla confronted by 400 thousand pre-orders
for the Model 3. The target, Tesla will produce 500 thousand cars a year in
2018. And in the next four years to be able to double the production to 400
percent.
in collaboration with Panasonic two agreed to set up a giant battery factory
Tesla
is phenomenal. Confident with their sales prospects are bright in the future,
now with Panasonic two agreed to set up a giant battery factory.
Although
swallow the cost is not cheap, dubbed Gigafactory plant is said to be aiming to
reduce battery production costs in the long term. This plan once confirm if
Tesla does not move one inch to continue expanding their electric car products
at the global level.
Reporting
from Forbes on Monday (08/04/2014), uniquely, although it has agreed with
Panasonic to jointly set up a giant battery factory, until now no definite
location agreed both to the establishment of the factory.
Indeed,
several US sites located in four different states under review the feasibility.
Noted, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, California and Texas was nominated as the
selected location of the plant.
Nevertheless
helped spread the news if Tesla and Panasonic itself not only plans to
establish a factory in one location. In two or three different states, there
was a possibility of the battery plant will stand side by side.
Further,
the giant plant is intended as an integrated center of activities of Panasonic
and Tesla battery production. In it, all activities ranging from production,
inventory, packing up will be done in one location so that pressing
transportation costs.
The
factory is expected to start operations in 2017. In the barren area measuring
one thousand hectares of the total 6,500 employees are ready to be placed to
gush vehicle production of 500 thousand units annually.
TESLA MOTORS PLANS TO BUILD A GIANT FACTORY ELECTRIC CARS IN EUROPE
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