Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tesla Fremont Factory" in English language version.
Getting from something like 50,000 to 500,000 units is a big, big step
it has no experience in manufacturing vehicles at the volumes anticipated for the Model 3.. ..will need to develop "efficient, automated, low-cost manufacturing capabilities, processes and supply chains necessary to support such volumes"
Along with the production robots transferred to Toyota's Georgetown, Ky., plant that makes most of the Camrys sold in North America, Nummi equipment was also acquired by Toyota's San Antonio plant and electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc.
I spent a fair amount of time at NUMMI, and it seemed like a rackety, chaotic place on the production line .. Fast-forward 28 years, and the same facility is a brightly-lit, no-earplugs-needed, high-tech operation
It leased 1.3 million square feet spread across three buildings
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)2012, he noted how empty and "post-apocalyptic" the Fremont factory seemed. Tesla was only using about 10% of the space
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Tesla had been wooed as a NUMMI tenant by politicians and economic development people .. But Tesla – which has all of about 550 employees and plans to ramp up to around 2,000 when it starts building its next vehicle in 2012, the Model S electric sedan – took a look at the costs involved and rejected the idea out of hand. The plant, said Straubel, is about 10 times the size of a facility Tesla would need to build even 20,000 cars a year.
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The entire NUMMI facility covers about 370 acres. Tesla is buying 210 acres, a parcel that contains several buildings that have approximately 5.5 million square feet of floor space. NUMMI's existing press line will be taken apart and sent to Toyota's plant in Blue Springs, Miss.
I spent a fair amount of time at NUMMI, and it seemed like a rackety, chaotic place on the production line .. Fast-forward 28 years, and the same facility is a brightly-lit, no-earplugs-needed, high-tech operation
Parts of the Fremont facility will be mothballed since Tesla is only using a fraction of the space. "When Nummi said it would close, the land was dead," says Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman. When Tesla announced its Nummi deal in May, he says, "the land became alive" again
Tesla had been wooed as a NUMMI tenant by politicians and economic development people .. But Tesla – which has all of about 550 employees and plans to ramp up to around 2,000 when it starts building its next vehicle in 2012, the Model S electric sedan – took a look at the costs involved and rejected the idea out of hand. The plant, said Straubel, is about 10 times the size of a facility Tesla would need to build even 20,000 cars a year.
The entire NUMMI facility covers about 370 acres. Tesla is buying 210 acres, a parcel that contains several buildings that have approximately 5.5 million square feet of floor space. NUMMI's existing press line will be taken apart and sent to Toyota's plant in Blue Springs, Miss.
Along with the production robots transferred to Toyota's Georgetown, Ky., plant that makes most of the Camrys sold in North America, Nummi equipment was also acquired by Toyota's San Antonio plant and electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)It leased 1.3 million square feet spread across three buildings
File size=64 MB
Getting from something like 50,000 to 500,000 units is a big, big step
it has no experience in manufacturing vehicles at the volumes anticipated for the Model 3.. ..will need to develop "efficient, automated, low-cost manufacturing capabilities, processes and supply chains necessary to support such volumes"
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Parts of the Fremont facility will be mothballed since Tesla is only using a fraction of the space. "When Nummi said it would close, the land was dead," says Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman. When Tesla announced its Nummi deal in May, he says, "the land became alive" again