Planned 2020 Gigafactory Production Exceeds 2013 Global Production

500,000
40!
Vehicles

Global cell supply
35!
growing, but almost
GWh/Year Production
entirely in Asia
Gigafactory!
30!
Others!
Lishen!
25!
BYD!
BAK!

20!
ATL!
Maxell!
15!
Sony!
Panasonic!
10!


35,000 LGC!
Vehicles
SDI!
5!

0!
2010! 2011! 2012! 2013! 2014! 2015! 2016! 2017! 2018! 2019! 2020!

Battery pack cost/kWh reduced >30% by Gen III volume ramp in 2017

Source: IIT Takeshita 2013

 Gigafactory Process Flow

Pack

Enclosure

Raw Steel/
Aluminum

Cathode
Manufacturing
Cathode
Can &
Cap

Electrode

Aluminum Foil

Module
Pack

Raw Materials

Cell
Module







Cell
Module

Assembly

Separator

Separator
Winding

Manufacturing

Cell
Cell
Module

…
…






Anode


Cell



Module
Manufacturing
Anode

Electrolyte
Copper
Electrode

Manufacturing

Foil

Battery Pack
Battery Pack Vehicle Assembly

Recycling
Lifetime Usage
(Fremont, CA)

Tesla Gigafactory

Gigafactory Projected Figures New Local

Renewables

2020 Tesla Vehicle Volume 500,000/yr
Solar and Wind

2020 Gigafactory Cell Output 35 GWh/yr

2020 Gigafactory Pack Output 50 GWh/yr

Up to 10M ft2

Space Requirement
w/ 1-2 levels

Total Land Area (acres) 500-1000

Employees 6,500

Rendering