Tesla Factory
A Tesla Model S being manufactured at the Tesla Factory
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| Industry | Automotive industry |
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Fremont, California, United States |
| Products | Battery electric vehicles |
| Services | Automotive manufacturing |
| Owner | Tesla, Inc. |
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Number of employees
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6,000 |
| Website | Official website |
The Tesla Factory is an automobile manufacturing plant in south Fremont, California, and the principal production facility of Tesla, Inc.. The facility was formerly known as New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota. The plant is located in the East Industrial area of Fremont between Interstates 880 and 680, and employed around 6,000 people in June 2016.
Tesla had planned for an assembly factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a central location for shipping. Construction was supposed to begin in April 2007, but was canceled.
A separate greenfield factory to be built in San Jose, California was also announced. However, the cost was prohibitive, and the company looked for alternatives.
The current facility was opened in 1962 as the GM Fremont Assembly, and between 1984-2009 used as a plant for New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota producing 357,809 cars and trucks in 1997.
The plant is located in the South Fremont District between the Warm Springs BART station and the California State Route 262 connecting I880 and I680. Union Pacific Railroad has tracks at the plant delivering finished cars.Rail freight transport is also to be used to receive batteries from Gigafactory 1.
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