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Tesla becomes Austin’s largest private employer as Giga Texas headcount surges

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Most of its facilities are referred to as “gigafactories” because they produce batteries, vehicles, or power electronics in volumes calculated by the “gigawatt-hour. Gigafactory Texas in Austin is the best example. The automaker previously disclosed that it expects to eventually employ more than 60,000 people in Austin.

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Tesla skirts Austin’s environmental rules at Texas gigafactory

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Tesla has used a new Texas state law to exempt its Austin gigafactory from Austin’s environmental regulations, as reported by Austin Business Journal. Tesla’s Texas gigafactory is commonly referred to as being in Austin, but it is actually situated not far outside the city’s official borders.

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas will sit on ‘Tesla Road’ following unanimous vote on name change

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Tesla will work with Commissioners to build a new Harold Green Road, as the name reportedly refers to a local dairy farmer, rancher, and homebuilder who had the same name. Tesla moved its official Headquarters to its soon-to-be-completed Austin factory in December. Harold Green died in 1992. ” The $1.1 ” The $1.1

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Tesla heads are rolling over critical projects at Gigafactory Texas

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However, Electrek is learning that Tesla is also using this round of layoffs to clean house on some projects in Austin, Texas. Baglino was leading many engineering projects at Tesla, including the 4680 battery cell production and the cathode factory at Gigafactory Texas in Austin. Those two projects have seen serious delays.

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Tesla mega-bull Ron Baron has an aggressive timeline for $25k EV

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Tesla investor who made billions on stock says SpaceX will be bigger Baron’s sentiments were reiterated during an interview with CNBC this morning when he said that Tesla would start building a $25,000 vehicle within 18 months, an extremely aggressive timeline considering recent comments by Musk. That is just staggering.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Tesla Cybertruck battery packs to be built at Fremont Factory

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Tesla plans to start building battery packs for the upcoming Cybertruck on a new cell manufacturing line in the Fremont factory, people with knowledge of the project told Teslarati. In August, we reported that Tesla had filed to build a new battery manufacturing equipment line on the second floor of the Fremont factory.

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Elon Musk shuts down report that Tesla is scrapping its ‘$25,000 Model 2’ electric car

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For the past few years, Tesla has been developing a next-generation vehicle platform that is going to enable the launch of two new vehicles: a smaller and cheaper vehicle, sometimes referred to as ‘Model 2’, and a dedicated self-driving vehicle, which Musk calls “Robotaxi”. Tesla 100% needs a cheaper vehicle in order to expand its volumes.