What are Tesla's Four Gigafactories?

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AriannaDella
07/29/25 8:58pm
Tesla's four gigafactories are located in Shanghai, China; Nevada, USA; New York, USA; and Berlin, Germany. Introduction to Tesla: Tesla is an American electric vehicle and energy company that manufactures and sells electric cars, solar panels, and energy storage devices. Headquartered in Palo Alto, it was founded on July 1, 2003, by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. The founders named the company "Tesla Motors" in honor of the physicist Nikola Tesla. Tesla's Development History: Tesla's initial new energy vehicle startup team primarily came from Silicon Valley, adopting an IT philosophy to build cars rather than following the traditional approach of Detroit-based automakers. As a result, Tesla's venture into electric vehicles is often seen as a story of a Silicon Valley upstart challenging the Detroit giants.
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