The Gigafactory is arguably the most important thing the company makes, even though that was easy to lose sight of during the rise of the Model 3. Now that Tesla has moved beyond some of the biggest challenges of Model 3 production - a time when the company’s existence hung in the balance - the Silicon Valley automaker finally has some breathing room to focus its attention back on this massive facility in the Nevada desert. The company also wants to build more of them around the world. Tesla has big plans for the Gigafactory, which means the Nevada facility has a lot more change ahead of it in the coming years. But I kept thinking about those chargers and the parking lot and how so much of what was around me wasn’t there to stay. Standing on the roof of the Gigafactory on a clear day in mid-November, surrounded by small, craggy peaks dotted with wild horses, the sheer size of the facility (and what was below me) was striking. The Gigafactory is enormous, but it’s also in a constant state of flux A whir of robots and machines is only occasionally disrupted by the sound of human voices, creating the feeling that, somehow, this massive factory could drone on forever without much supervision. On the manufacturing floor - which feels like a dizzying, oversized science experiment - it’s stark white and Tesla red as far as the eye can see. Inside, some of the building’s gray hallways seem to stretch into oblivion. Standing in the parking lot, it looms in my vision almost every way I look. But before long, those chargers will be ripped right back out, along with the asphalt, and moved to a new spot to make room for more factory space.Įven though the Gigafactory isn’t complete, it’s already enormous, taking up 1.9 million square feet of the land Tesla owns outside of Reno. The company has hired so many new workers in recent years that it needs more space to let them charge their Nissan Leafs, Chevy Bolts, Toyota Priuses, and, of course, Teslas. Right now, in the desert just east of Reno, Nevada, Tesla is drilling into recently laid asphalt to install more electric vehicle chargers in the parking lot of the Gigafactory.
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