How Big Will The Roof Of The Gigafactory Be

The gigafactory produces model 3 and model y electric motors and battery packs in addition to tesla s energy storage products the powerwall and powerpack.

How big will the roof of the gigafactory be. Today the gigafactory produces model 3 electric motors and battery packs in addition to tesla s energy storage products powerwall and powerpack. The roof will eventually contain 200 000 solar panels. The gigafactory berlin complex dwarfs the property where gigafactory shanghai is being built on. The location is a key component of the gigafactory s ability to use solar.

While the cells were originally expected to be at least 20 mm in diameter and 70 mm in length revised specifications for the optimized form factor are 21 mm 0 83 in by 70 mm 2 8 in. By the time the gigafactory is 100 finished it will occupy an. To put the size of the gigafactory into perspective the following chart courtesy of visual capitalist lays things out clearly. However even the massive property in germany seems small compared to the austin texas site.

Gigafactory 1 will have the largest rooftop solar array in the world upon completion claims the company adding it will create 70mw or roughly from about 200 000 solar panels. As we previously reported the current gigafactory 1 structure has a 1 9 million square foot footprint. This time i went to the tesla shanghai site and there was no big change in the outside observation and. The tesla gigafactory was born out of necessity and will supply enough batteries to support tesla s projected vehicle demand.

In the journal sustainability. Gigafactory construction on november 4 2014. These will expand across 1 8 million square feet of the factory.