Tesla Inc. (TSLA) has simply up to date the standing of its Megafactory in Lathrop, California. The video Tesla has posted on its official Twitter and Instagram account reveals precise manufacturing is going down at this manufacturing unit.
We reported the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tesla Megafactory in September 2021. And it took simply round 1 12 months for the formidable automotive and power firm based mostly in Austin, TX, from the beginning of development to commissioning and manufacturing begin.
Tesla’s Megafactory in Lathrop is the 2nd manufacturing unit that the corporate now owns and operates within the state of California. The primary Tesla manufacturing unit in Fremont is devoted to electrical car manufacturing. Tesla Lathrop Megafactory is a part of the Tesla Power enterprise that makes Megapack battery power storage techniques (BESS).
Meet Megafactory, our new Megapack manufacturing unit in Lathrop, CA 🔋🔋🔋 pic.twitter.com/aw85eHECXI
— Tesla (@Tesla) November 7, 2022
The identify Tesla Megafactory suggests two issues — 1: it’s a manufacturing unit devoted to creating Megapack big battery power storage techniques (BESS) and a pair of: it’s a manufacturing unit a lot smaller in measurement (area-wise) in comparison with a Tesla Gigafactory.
“Made On Earth By People” embossed on the Tesla Megapacks made on the Megafactory Lathrop, California. The identical phrases might be seen on a Tesla Mannequin S Plaid battery administration system’s circuit board. Credit score: Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.
Tesla’s Megafactory Lathrop will speed up the manufacturing of Tesla Megapacks because the demand for large-scale power storage techniques is rising every day. Tesla is offering the Megapack big batteries to such BESS tasks in the US and across the globe as effectively.
In September this 12 months, the completion of a Megapack BESS undertaking in Hawaii ended the period of coal-powered electrical energy within the state.
Tesla additionally supplied Megapack batteries to allow the sustainable electrical energy era and distribution undertaking in Boulder, Nevada earlier this 12 months.
A big array of photo voltaic panels coupled with 365 MWh capability Megapacks are capable of energy 60,000 properties in the neighborhood of Boulder Metropolis, Nevada. This undertaking has a renewable electrical energy era capability of 500,000 MW per 12 months (video beneath).
The 730 Megawatt renewable power undertaking with the joint collaboration of Tesla and PG & E at Moss Touchdown, California is by far the most important BESS undertaking on this planet.
Tesla additionally began engaged on two BESS tasks in Australia, one with a 300 Megawatt capability (3 websites mixed) and one other with a 200 MW capability in Queensland.
The rising demand for Megapack batteries across the globe pushed Tesla to assemble a devoted manufacturing facility for this product. The most recent era of Megapacks makes use of prismatic lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries (CleanTechnica reported final 12 months).
Initially revealed on Tesla Oracle, by @IqtidarAlii
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