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Tesla Giga Nevada celebrates 5 million drive unit production milestone

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Tesla Giga Nevada is pretty underrated as far as the electric vehicle maker’s facilities are concerned, but the massive battery and drive unit production facility remains a crucial part of the company’s operations. Congratulations Giga Nevada team on building their 5 Millionth Drive Unit! 40GWh of packs/modules/cells.

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Tesla Fremont and Giga Nevada have built 3 million cars

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Tesla has celebrated the production of three million cars across its Fremont factory and Gigafactory Nevada, just under two years after surpassing two million at the sites. On Friday evening, in a post on X , Tesla’s main account shared a congratulations to Fremont and Giga Nevada, celebrating the accomplishment.

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Tesla ramps 4680 cell production at Giga Nevada

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Tesla is ramping 4680 cell production at Gigafactory Nevada. The company recently announced a $3.6 billion new investment in Giga Nevada which will go towards growing the factory’s footprint, more employees, a 100 GWh 4680 cell factory, and a Semi factory. of new investment in Giga Nevada.

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Tesla lays off more workers at Giga Nevada plant

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Tesla is looking to lay off more workers at its Gigafactory in Nevada, coming as the latest in the company’s efforts to trim its workforce globally. After the company sent a letter to affected workers globally noting that they would be let go earlier this month, multiple additional rounds of layoffs have hit the company.

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Albemarle expands Nevada site to increase domestic production of lithium

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Albemarle Corporation will expand capacity at the company’s lithium production facility in Silver Peak, Nev., and begin a program to evaluate clays and other available Nevada resources for commercial production of lithium.

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Tesla Semi exec shares key program and Nevada factory details

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Tesla Senior Manager, Semi program Dan Priestley recently spoke at the ACT Expo event in Las Vegas, Nevada. During his talk, the executive highlighted several key tidbits about the Tesla Semi program, such as its current milestones and the company’s plans for the vehicle’s future.

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New Tesla Semi jobs posted, including ones located in Sparks, Nevada

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Tesla posted quite a few open jobs related to Semi production. The Tesla Semi jobs are in Sparks, Nevada; Palo Alto, California; and Austin, Texas. andra Merz (@TeslaBoomerMama) January 23, 2024 The new Tesla Semi jobs in Nevada might connect to the company’s construction project at its Sparks gigafactory.

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