The first car, the Model S, arrived at the factory in late February, but there was some question about its availability.
That didn’t stop Tesla from opening the factory, and it’s been here ever since.
Here’s everything you need now.
What do you need?
Tesla’s production facility in Virginia is a huge building, nearly two miles long, with about 500 employees and about 200 vehicles.
It’s where the company builds and tests its vehicles, and is home to the entire assembly line, from battery packs to the assembly line for the Model 3.
The company sells the cars in the U.S. on the open market for about $80,000.
(You can also order them online, for about half that amount.)
And that means that the factory can handle an extremely high volume of orders, but also that there are strict quotas on the number of cars that can be produced at a given time.
For the Model X, the company plans to produce 100,000 vehicles by year’s end, but the production limit is just 60,000 a year.
(It’s been reported that Tesla can produce as many as 60,500 cars a year.)
The company has also said that its current factory in Fremont, California, will likely be the last in the United States.
What will the Model Y be like?
The Model Y is the company’s first mass-market electric car.
It was originally slated to be released in late 2018, but Tesla has delayed the launch by about two years.
It will be available in 2019 and is expected to cost $37,000 in the States.
There’s also a limited version of the car in the works, with an expected price tag of $25,000 (though it hasn’t been officially confirmed).
In 2019, Tesla plans to sell at least two Model Y sedans a week, with another one planned for later in the year.
Will they all be electric?
No.
However, the cars will be made with an electrified version of lithium-ion battery packs, and the company has said that they’ll all be available to lease for $2,500 a month.
How much will the batteries cost?
Tesla says that it’s about $20 per kilowatt-hour of capacity (kWh), but the company says that’s not true.
Instead, the price per kWh will be roughly $2 per month.
What will Tesla’s Gigafactory cost?
Tesla is currently planning to spend $1.7 billion to build the Gigafounders, which will create about 7,000 jobs, including about 1,000 at the plant.
That’s a lot of people to fill a factory, but it will also help to meet a key goal for Tesla: the company aims to have the company produce 20,000 Model Y cars a week by the end of 2020.
What else will be happening?
There’s been a lot to keep track of.
Tesla is still building out its Gigafield, with a plan to begin building the first factory in 2021.
The company is also expected to make a number of big changes at the Fremont factory.
The first of these is the addition of electric charging stations for Model Xs.
Tesla said that it will build these stations in Fremons, Virginia, and that they will also have the ability to power a variety of other vehicles, including the Model 7.
The second phase of the Gigacare is expected at the Virginia plant, but we don’t know what the first phase will look like.
The Gigafelters have also been busy expanding their operations in Michigan, and are now looking at plans for another Gigafarm in the state.
What else is happening?
The first Tesla factory opened in 2021, but not for the sake of production.
Instead the factory was designed to be used for other purposes, including manufacturing software and hardware for Tesla’s Autopilot systems.
The second phase is also a way for Tesla to expand its manufacturing capacity.
It should be ready for the start of production for Model 3s in 2019, and for the first Model Y by the start.
What about the Model 6?
While the company hasn’t yet announced any plans for the next-generation Model 6, the factory has been working on a plan that would allow it to begin production on the new model as early as 2020.
There is no word yet on when the factory will begin production of the new vehicle.
Will there be a Model X production line in Virginia?
There are currently plans for two Model X assembly lines in Virginia, one for the factory and another for testing.
The factory will be able to produce at least 1,500 Model X cars a day.
How many will be produced?
At the time of writing, there are no estimates on the total number of Model X vehicles produced at the Gigason factory, which is located in Fremond.
Will the Gigasmart in Virginia also be in operation?
Tesla has not announced any specific plans for a Gigasmarth,