Tesla snaps up new location in Fremont to expand 4680 battery cell production, report says

Tesla has secured a brand new location in Fremont, California, to increase its 4680 battery cell manufacturing, in response to a brand new report.

When Tesla unveiled its personal new cell format, the 4680 battery cell, it ventured into manufacturing its personal battery cells for the primary time.

Previous to that time, Tesla had all the time purchased battery cells from suppliers to place in its electrical automobiles.

The automaker established manufacturing at a facility in Fremont close to its automotive manufacturing facility and it’s increasing into larger-scale manufacturing at Gigafactory Texas in Austin.

Now San Francisco Business Times stories that Tesla secured a brand new constructing in Fremont:

The Austin-based electrical automobile producer (NASDAQ: TSLA) signed a lease for 48401 Fremont Blvd., two sources advised the Enterprise Instances. San Francisco industrial actual property funding belief Prologis (NYSE: PLD) owns the 210,000-square-foot superior manufacturing facility.

The brand new constructing is situated proper throughout the road from Tesla’s pilot manufacturing plant for 4680 cells in Fremont.

The Enterprise Instances stories that Tesla plans to make use of the placement to increase its 4680 cell manufacturing:

The ability will assist manufacturing of Tesla’s 4680 battery cell expertise, in response to one of many sources, who had direct information of the deal however was not licensed to debate it publicly. The 4680 cell, a extra environment friendly and longer-lasting battery expertise, is anticipated to be a vital a part of the corporate’s rollout of its Cybertruck automobile later this 12 months.

As we beforehand acknowledged, whereas Tesla known as its 4680 battery facility in Fremont a “pilot manufacturing facility”, it had a deliberate manufacturing capability of 10 GWh, which is larger than many regular battery factories.