List of Tesla factories
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Tesla, Inc. manufactures their products worldwide [1] and also operates a lithium ore refinery. The following is a list of current, future, and former facilities.[2][when?]
Current production facilities
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Locations of all current Tesla factories and production facilities worldwide (as of 07/2026). Each red marker represents one individual facility.
| Name | City | Country | Products | Opened/ Acquired |
Employees | Floor Area | VIN Code [N 1] | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Factory | Fremont, California |  United States |
2010 | 22,000[4] | 5,500,000 sq ft (510,000 m2)[5] | F[6] |
Former GM Fremont Assembly and Toyota/GM NUMMI plant.[7] | |
| Tesla facilities in Tilburg | Tilburg |  Netherlands |
Automotive parts | 2013 | 540[8] | 1,688,217 sq ft (156,840.5 m2)[9] | — | Knock-down kit assembly site for Model S & X until 2021.[8][10] Location reconfigured to manufacture parts. |
| Tesla Lathrop | Lathrop, California | United States |
Automotive parts | 2014 | 885,867 sq ft (82,299.7 m2)[5] | — | Former Chrysler parts distribution building.[11][5] Facility supports the Tesla Fremont Factory and hosts some suppliers.[12] | |
| Kato Facility | Fremont, California | United States |
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2015 | 506,409 ft2 (47,046.9 m2)[13] | — | Former SolarCity facility. 4680 battery "pilot factory" with annual capacity of 10 GWh.[14][15] | |
| Tesla Tool and Die | Grand Rapids, Michigan | United States |
Tool and die casting equipment | 2015 | 100[16] | 176,606 ft2 (16,407.2 m2)[5] | — | Former Riviera Tool and Die factory.[5][17] |
| Gigafactory 1 Nevada | Storey County, Nevada | United States |
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2016 | 7,000 | 5,400,000 sq ft (500,000 m2) | N[18] |
Annual battery capacity of up to 35 GWh. |
| Gigafactory 2 New York | Buffalo, New York | United States |
2017 | 1,500[19] | 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2)[20] | — | Former SolarCity facility. Location serves as base for autopilot labeling. | |
| Tesla Automation | Prüm |  Germany |
Manufacturing equipment | 2017 | 800[21] | — | Former Grohmann Automation facility.[22] | |
| Neutraubling | 2017 | 100[23] | — | Former Grohmann Automation branch location. | ||||
| Neuwied | 2020 | 210[24] | — | Former Assembly & Test Europe factory.[25] Manufactures transmission and battery assembly lines.[24] | ||||
| Reutlingen | 2025 | 300[26] | — | Former production and research site of Manz[26] | ||||
| Tesla Brooklyn Park | Brooklyn Park, Minnesota | United States |
Manufacturing equipment | 2017 | 150[27] | 125,560 sq ft (11,665 m2)[28] | — | Former Perbix Machine Company factory.[29] |
| Tesla Elgin | Elgin, Illinois | United States |
Manufacturing equipment | 2017 | — | Former Compass Automation factory. Produced and development of automated assembly and inspection systems.[30][31] | ||
| Tesla Toronto Automation | Richmond Hill, Ontario |  Canada |
Battery manufacturing equipment | 2019 | 150[32] | — | Former Hibar Systems facility.[33][32] | |
| Markham, Ontario | Canada |
2021 | 110,000 ft2 (10,000 m2)[34][35] | — | Former Hibar Systems branch location. | |||
| Gigafactory 3 Shanghai | Shanghai |  China |
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2019 | 20,000[36] | 4,500,000 ft2 (418,000 m2)[5] | C |
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| Tesla Shanghai Supercharger Factory | Shanghai | China |
Supercharger | 2021 | 54,000 ft2 (5,000 m2)[37] | — | Annual production of 10,000 chargers.[38] | |
| Gigafactory 4 Berlin-Brandenburg | Grünheide | Germany |
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2022[39] | 12,000[40] | 2,240,000 ft2 (208,000 m2) | B |
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| Gigafactory 5 Texas | Austin, Texas | United States |
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2022 | 20,000[41] | 10,000,000 sq ft (930,000 m2)[42] | A[6] |
Also serves as Tesla HQ. |
| Megafactory Lathrop | Lathrop, California | United States |
Megapack | 2022 | 1,000[43] | 440,538 sq ft (40,927.3 m2)[44] | — | Former JCPenney distribution center.[45][46] |
| Fremont battery factory | Fremont, California | United States |
Lithium-ion batteries | 2023 | 210,000 sq ft (20,000 m2)[47] | — | Supports Kato Facility. | |
| Tesla Lithium | Robstown, Texas | United States |
| 2024[48] | 250[49] | — | Lithium refinery with estimated annual material capacity for 50 GWh of batteries.[50][51] | |
| Megafactory Shanghai | Shanghai | China | Megapack | 2025[52] | 656,000 sq ft (60,900 m2) | — | Estimated annual production of 10,000 Megapacks.[53] | |
| Megafactory Texas | Brookshire, Texas | United States |
Megapack | 2026[54] | 1,500 | 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2) | — | Tesla has held the lease on the building since October 2021.[55] |
Planned production facilities
| Name | City | Country | Products | Expected Opening | Employees | Floor Area | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cell factory at Megafactory Nevada | Storey County, Nevada | United States |
Prismatic LFP cells for Megapack[56] | 2026 | 10 GWh/year capacity when ramped up | ||
| Gigafactory Mexico | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon |  Mexico | Next-gen vehicle | 2027 | 10,000[57] | ||
| Terafab | Grimes County, Texas | United States |
Semiconductors | TBD | 1,800 | 11,000,000 sq ft (1,000,000 m2) | Terafab is a planned semiconductor fabrication plant jointly developed by Tesla, SpaceX, and Intel.[58][59] |
Former production facilities
| Name | City | Country | Products | In use | Employees | VIN Code | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla Menlo Park | Menlo Park, California | United States | Roadster (1st gen) | 2008–2012 | 1[60] | Former Chevrolet dealership.[61] Final assembly of gliders manufactured at Lotus Cars in Hethel.[62][63] Location closed and land was converted to mixed-used development by 2022.[64] | |
| Lotus Cars | Hethel |  United Kingdom | Roadster (1st gen) | 2008–2012 | 3[65] | Built gliders under contract for assembly in Menlo Park, complete assembly of vehicles for European distribution. | |
| Tesla Palo Alto Facility | Palo Alto, California | United States |
| 2010–2016 | 650[67] | P[68] | Initial Model S cars built at the facility in 2010.[66] From 2010 to 2016, supplied powertrains for Tesla and other automakers.[67] Location served as Tesla HQ from 2010 to 2021.[69] Location remains active for other uses.[citation needed] |
Note: Maxwell Technologies was acquired by Tesla in 2019 for their battery technology.[70] Maxwell continued to operate as subsidiary until 2021.[71] Due to the short holding time and no known products produced under Tesla, their production facilities are not listed above.
Notes
- The eleventh character of the vehicle identification number (VIN) indicates the factory the car has been built in. "R" in the eleventh character of the VIN denotes a "Research" vehicle with no specific factory.[3]