Elon Musk Opens Tesla’s ‘Giga Texas’ That He Says Is The Biggest U.S. PlantElon Musk marked the official start of production at
Tesla’s new Giga Texas plant in Austin, saying it’s the country’s biggest factory by size and will also be the
highest-volume U.S. auto plant when fully ramped up.
Speaking to more than 1,000 invited guests and fans of the brand packed into the sprawling facility for what Tesla called a
“Cyber Rodeo”, Musk said the plant will produce at least
500,000 vehicles annually by next year. Initially, it will make Model Y hatchbacks, with the hard-edged Cybertruck pickup going into production next year, along with a new version of the Roadster sports car and Tesla Semi.
“The Model Y line will be the highest-capacity line, I think, of any line in the world. In fact, I’m confident it will be,” Musk told attendees.
