What Is a Gigafactory? Elon Musk's Made-Up Word for a Future Factory is Coming to Life

One of the most impressive machines from Tesla isn’t a car, but a factory. The first Gigafactory, a giant operation that first took shape in a dusty nest in the Nevada desert is a massive battery factory is part of a plan to help transition the world onto renewable sources, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims that 100 such installations would be enough to cover the world’s energy needs. Tesla’s first Gigafactory is a behemoth. Its planned annual production rate is set to reach 35 gigawatt-hours by 2020, exceeding the total global production of batteries in the year 2013.

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