Gigafactory Texas

{{Short description|Tesla, Inc. factory}} {{Use American English|date=June 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox factory | name = Gigafactory Texas | image = Gigafactory Texas Building 1 June 2022.jpg | image_size = 280px | caption = Gigafactory Texas main building | built = 2020‒2022 | operated = {{Start date|2021|08}} | location = 13101 Tesla Road<br>Austin, Texas<br>United States | coordinates = {{coord|30.220874637587702|-97.61864963428322|region:US-TX_type:landmark_dim:2000|name=Gigafactory Texas|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | industry = Automotive | products = {{hlist | Cybertruck | Model Y }} | employees = 20,000 (2023)<ref name="Hardison 2023">{{Cite news |last=Hardison |first=Kathryn |date=September 20, 2023 |title=60K Tesla workers in Austin? That's the plan |work=Austin Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2023/09/20/tesla-exec-manufacturing-expo-presentation.html |access-date=September 25, 2023 }}</ref> | area = '''Floor area''': {{cvt|10,000,000|sqft}}<ref name="Hardison 2023" /><br />'''Land''': {{cvt|3.3|sqmi|km2 acre}} | owner = Tesla, Inc. | website = {{URL|https://www.tesla.com/giga-texas|tesla.com/giga-texas}} }}

'''Gigafactory Texas''' (also known as '''Giga Texas''', '''Giga Austin''', or '''Gigafactory 5''') is a Tesla, Inc. automotive manufacturing facility in unincorporated Travis County, Texas, just outside of Austin. Construction began in July 2020,<ref name="Lambert 2020-07-25">{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Fred |date=July 25, 2020 |title=Watch Tesla start construction work at Gigafactory Texas in drone video |url=https://electrek.co/2020/07/25/tesla-starts-construction-gigafactory-texas-drone-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309232909/https://electrek.co/2020/07/25/tesla-starts-construction-gigafactory-texas-drone-video/ |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |website=Electrek |language=en-US}}</ref> limited production of Model Y began before the end of 2021,<ref name="fox20200723">{{Cite news |last=Gastelu |first=Gary |date=July 23, 2020 |title=The Tesla Cybertruck will be built in Texas and is getting an interplanetary update |work=Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/tesla-cybertruck-texas-interplanetary-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415150355/https://www.foxnews.com/auto/tesla-cybertruck-texas-interplanetary-update |archive-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1382876290663927808 |user=elonmusk |title=@Model3Owners Limited production of Model Y this year, high volume next year |first=Elon |last=Musk |author-link=Elon Musk |date=April 15, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721190229/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1382876290663927808 |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and initial deliveries of vehicles built at the factory took place at an opening party called "Cyber Rodeo" on April 7, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee-Jones |first=Sarah |date=April 6, 2022 |title=First Texas-Made Tesla Model Y Deliveries to Take Place at Cyber Rodeo |url=https://teslanorth.com/2022/04/06/first-texas-made-tesla-model-y-deliveries-to-take-place-at-cyber-rodeo-cybertruck-spotted-driving-on-site-video/ |access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

The factory produces Model Y cars for the Eastern United States and is also the main factory for the Cybertruck, the Cybercab, and the company's next-generation vehicle.<ref name="fox20200723" /><ref name="cnn-bursztynsky-20200722">{{Cite news |last=Bursztynsky |first=Jessica |date=July 22, 2020 |title=Tesla will build its next Gigafactory near Austin, Texas |work=CNBC |department=Business News and Finance |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/tesla-will-build-its-next-gigafactory-near-austin-texas.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323145102/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/tesla-will-build-its-next-gigafactory-near-austin-texas.html |archive-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vorrath |first=Sophie |date=July 22, 2020 |title=Giga Texas! Austin to build Tesla's new Cybertruck and Tesla Semi |url=https://thedriven.io/2020/07/23/giga-texas-austin-revealed-as-location-for-teslas-new-us-gigafactory/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101213306/https://thedriven.io/2020/07/23/giga-texas-austin-revealed-as-location-for-teslas-new-us-gigafactory/ |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2020 |website=The Driven |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Isaacson |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Isaacson |date=September 8, 2023 |title=Exclusive excerpt from Walter Isaacson's latest book: "Elon Musk" |work=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/09/08/walter-isaacson-elon-musk-book-excerpt |access-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref> It also serves as the site of Tesla's corporate headquarters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 8, 2021 |title=Tesla: Elon Musk says company headquarters will move to Texas |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58838874 |url-status=live |access-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008064327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58838874 |archive-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> It is the country's second biggest factory by size as well as the second-largest building by volume in the world after the Boeing Everett Factory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohnsman |first=Alan |title=Elon Musk Opens Tesla's 'Giga Texas' That He Says Is The Biggest U.S. Plant |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2022/04/07/elon-musk-opens-teslas-giga-texas-that--he-says-is-the-biggest-us-plant/ |access-date=April 9, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

Tesla originally planned to employ a staff of over 60,000 as production ramped up.<ref name="Hardison 2023" /> However, in 2024, {{approx|2,700}} employees (12% of the factory's workforce) were terminated in one of the largest layoffs in Austin history.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 11, 2025 |title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the Year Ended September 30, 2024 |url=https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Finance/Financial%20Transparency/CAFR/FY2024-City-of-Austin-ACFR.pdf |access-date=July 14, 2025 |website=Financial Services Department |publisher=City of Austin, Texas |page=III}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Cristela |date=May 17, 2025 |title=Tesla to lay off nearly 2,700 employees at Giga Texas facility |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/tesla-texas-layoffs-19418016.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306101319/https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/tesla-texas-layoffs-19418016.php |archive-date=March 6, 2025 |access-date=July 14, 2025 |work=MySA |language=en}}</ref> By the end of 2025, the number of employees at Gigafactory Texas had shrunk by 4,685 or 22% from the number of employees that had worked there at the end of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guzmán |first=Andrea |date=2026-04-02 |title=Tesla employment in Austin fell 22% in 2025 amid sales slump |url=https://www.statesman.com/business/article/tesla-gigafactory-texas-employment-austin-musk-22162199.php |access-date=2026-04-05 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en}}</ref>

== History == === Selection process === Tesla began considering locations across eight states in the central United States during 2019‒2020.<ref name="hyatt-20200619" /> Community groups and government officials in several areas of the US expressed interest in hosting what was expected to be a very large Tesla Gigafactory manufacturing facility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Isidore |first=Chris |title=Your city may be in the running to build Elon Musk's new Cybertruck |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/business/tesla-cybertruck-plant-location/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830154730/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/business/tesla-cybertruck-plant-location/index.html |archive-date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |website=CNN|date=March 11, 2020 }}</ref> Some expressed interest in facilitating land procurement, getting over the regulatory obstacles, and considering potential tax incentives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GmbH |first=finanzen net |title=A small Missouri city wants Tesla to build its Cybertruck factory there — and is offering $1 billion in incentives to make it happen {{!}} Markets Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/joplin-missouri-pitch-musk-tesla-cybertruck-factory-1-billion-incentives-2020-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610134133/https://www.businessinsider.com/joplin-missouri-pitch-musk-tesla-cybertruck-factory-1-billion-incentives-2020-4 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |website=markets.businessinsider.com |language=en-us}}</ref> Some aimed to reach Elon Musk directly through social media marketing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2020 |title=Wichita makes pitch for Tesla Cybertruck factory |work=Kansas City Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2020/04/29/wichita-makes-pitch-for-tesla-cybertruck-factory.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413061152/https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2020/04/29/wichita-makes-pitch-for-tesla-cybertruck-factory.html |archive-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2020 |title=Tesla eyeing Austin, Tulsa for next electric vehicle assembly plant, according to reports |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2020/05/15/report-tesla-to-build-factory-in-austin-and-produce-model-y-vehicles-by-end-of-2020/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811225459/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2020/05/15/report-tesla-to-build-factory-in-austin-and-produce-model-y-vehicles-by-end-of-2020/ |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>

By May 2020, a selection process was underway by Tesla. The short list included Austin, Nashville and Tulsa (Oklahoma).<ref name="korosec-20200311" /><ref name="krisher-20200516" /><ref name="szymkowski-20200518-austin-tulsa" /> Two locations in the vicinity of Tulsa had been viewed by Tesla by mid-May.<ref name="szymkowski-20200518-austin-tulsa" /> The Tulsa campaign was promoted by G. T. Bynum, the mayor of Tulsa. In May 2020, Bynum discussed the suitability of "Green Country" (Northeastern Oklahoma)<ref name="szymkowski-20200518-austin-tulsa" /> and distributed a photomontage of the Cybertruck in Tulsa Police Department livery, with a suggestion of local purchasing, if the Gigafactory was to be situated near Tulsa.<ref name="szymkowski-20200518-police" /> On May 20, 2020, wrap advertising was applied to the Golden Driller statue located at the Tulsa Expo Center creating a caricature of Elon Musk, with the word "Tulsa" on statue's belt buckle replaced by the "Tesla" name.<ref name="mummolo-20200520" /><ref name="berg-20200520" /> In July 2020, Tesla selected Austin as the site for the factory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Kane |first=Sean |date=July 22, 2020 |title=Tesla will build Cybertruck factory in Austin, Texas |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/22/21334860/tesla-cybertruck-factory-austin-texas-location-model-y |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823002907/https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/22/21334860/tesla-cybertruck-factory-austin-texas-location-model-y |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref>

=== Austin === In 2014, Tesla evaluated a {{convert|1500|acre|ha sqmi sqkm|adj=on|sigfig=1}} manufacturing site on U.S. Route 79 at Frame Switch ({{coord|30.54|-97.5|dim:2000|display=inline|name=Hutto MegaSite, (Frame Switch, Texas)}}), located between the towns of Hutto and Taylor, north-east of the Greater Austin center as its next factory.<ref name="eichmiller-20140903" /><ref name="chamber-megasite-2016" /> However, Tesla chose to build its first Gigafactory (now named Gigafactory Nevada) near Sparks, Nevada which is by Reno in 2014.

By June 2020, another location, one near the Del Valle area of Austin was being considered, a {{convert|2100|acre|ha sqmi sqkm|adj=on}} site bordering Harold Green Road (later renamed Tesla Road) and Texas State Highway 130.<ref name="falcon-20200710" /> On June 16, 2020, the Commissioners' court of Travis County discussed a possible incentives package for Tesla.<ref name="klayman-20200615" /><ref name="hawkins-20200615" /> In July 2020, the Del Valle Independent School District approved a tax incentives package worth $68 million, should the Tesla Gigafactory be built.<ref name="falcon-20200710" /> On July 22, 2020, during Tesla's second quarter 2020 earnings call, the company announced that location had been selected for its fifth Gigafactory.<ref name="fox20200723" />

By the end of July 2020, construction had begun.<ref name="Lambert 2020-07-25" /> The Tesla Gigafactory received state tax incentives worth about $50 million through the Texas Tax Code Chapter 313 program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts |date=June 6, 2020 |title=DEL VALLE ISD NO. 1496, COLORADO RIVER PROJECT, LLC Certification Packet |url=https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/local/ch313/agreement-docs-details.php?id=1496 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125083851/https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/local/ch313/agreement-docs-details.php?id=1496 |archive-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> Tesla announced a manufacturing training program in cooperation with Austin Community College District on June 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1404817234183311374 |user=accdistrict |title=This. Is. Big! Austin Community College District and @Tesla team up to announce Tesla START Manufacturing at ACC. 👏👏👏 The new 14-week training program provides the skills you need for a high demand career at Tesla. 🚘 Learn more > https://t.co/lWiS735ST8 #Tesla https://t.co/Aa5lpo2Q8Y |author=ACC District 🦇 |date=June 15, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185841/https://twitter.com/accdistrict/status/1404817234183311374 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Tesla launches manufacturing training program in partnership with Austin Community College |url=https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/tesla-launches-manufacturing-training-program-at-austin-community-college/269-f9dd833b-bd72-4821-9028-69cb9e51d4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185112/https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/tesla-launches-manufacturing-training-program-at-austin-community-college/269-f9dd833b-bd72-4821-9028-69cb9e51d4c9 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |website=kvue.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tesla START {{!}} Tesla |url=https://www.tesla.com/careers/tesla-start |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183643/https://www.tesla.com/careers/tesla-start |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |website=Tesla |language=en}}</ref> The program was expected to start in August 2021 and the course was to last 14 weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pruitt |first=Sydney |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Tesla Launches National Manufacturing Technician Program with Austin Community College District {{!}} Austin Community College District |url=https://www.austincc.edu/news/2021/06/tesla-launches-national-manufacturing-technician-program-austin-community-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185621/https://www.austincc.edu/news/2021/06/tesla-launches-national-manufacturing-technician-program-austin-community-college |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |website=Austin Community College}}</ref> The first fully completed Tesla Model Y rolled off the line at Giga Texas in the last week of August 2021 under trial production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report: First Pre-Production Tesla Model Y Seen At Giga Austin |url=https://insideevs.com/news/529462/first-tesla-modely-giga-austin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010184955/https://insideevs.com/news/529462/first-tesla-modely-giga-austin/ |archive-date=October 10, 2021 |access-date=October 10, 2021 |website=InsideEVs |language=en}}</ref> In December 2021, Elon Musk estimated that Giga Texas will require a total investment of at least $10B and may employ as many as 20,000 employees within the company.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1471556384667979777 |user=elonmusk |title=Giga Texas is a $10B+ investment over time, generating at least 20k direct & 100k indirect jobs |author=Elon Musk |date=December 16, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2022}}</ref>

In early 2022, Tesla battery suppliers CATL and Panasonic were reportedly scouting sites for battery factories in North America, including Kansas, Oklahoma, Mexico and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coppola |first=Gabrielle |date=March 18, 2022 |title=Tesla Supplier CATL Weighs Sites for $5 Billion Battery Plant |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-19/tesla-supplier-catl-weighs-sites-for-5-billion-battery-plant |access-date=March 21, 2022 |website=Bloomberg News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Fred |date=March 4, 2022 |title=Panasonic is planning a large battery cell factory in the US to supply Tesla's demand, report says |url=https://electrek.co/2022/03/03/panasoni-large-battery-cell-factory-in-us-supply-tesla-demand-repor/ |access-date=March 21, 2022 |website=Electrek |language=en-US}}</ref> Panasonic announced in July 2022 that the company selected De Soto, Kansas (at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant) to build a battery factory. Large subsidies and abatements were granted to Panasonic, organized by Governor Laura Kelly.

=== Equipment === ==== Die casting ==== [[File:2021-01-18-tesla-giga-texas-casting-giga-press-foundations-x3-rebar.jpg|thumb|Construction workers preparing three Giga Press foundations at the Gigafactory Texas site in January 2021]] During the night of January 18/19, 2021, concrete foundations for three Giga Press high-press die-casting machines were poured at the north-east corner Giga Texas factory location.<ref name="randy-texas-2021-01-18-prepour">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLunLvjdSkQ&t=4m30s |title=Exceptional Weekend Progress – 2021-01-18 (5:00pm) |date=January 18, 2021 |last=Randy |type=offset 04:30 |series=Tesla Terafactory Texas Update |access-date=January 20, 2021 |via=YouTube |number=94}}</ref><ref name="texas-2021-01-19-postpour">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhNY3J6FHRA&t=16m30s |title=Cyber Truck & Model Y Factory Construction Update (07:45AM) |date=January 19, 2021 |last=Tegtmeyer |first=Joe |type=offset 16:30 |series=Tesla Gigafactory Texas |via=Youtube}}</ref> On January 21, 2021, the first Giga Press components started to arrive on site in crates and shipping containers.<ref name="austin-on-site-2021-01-21">{{Cite tweet |number=1352410094747709441 |user=AustinTeslaClub |title=Giga Press on site at Giga Texas! |author=Tesla Owners of Austin |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="roberts-2021-01-21-idra-giga-press">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNv_log3NQU&t=9m48s& |title=Idra Giga Press Casting Machines are at Giga Texas! |date=January 21, 2021 |last=Roberts |first=Jeff |type=offset 09:48 |place=Del Valle |series=Tesla Gigafactory Austin 4K |access-date=January 22, 2021 |issue=Day 183}}</ref> On January 22, 2021, the base frame of the first Giga Press was unboxed and craned into position.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn09PLpZMjQ&t=21m42s |title=Giga Press to Impress |last=Texas Terafactory |type=offset 21:42 |place=Del Valle |access-date=January 23, 2021 |via=Youtube}}</ref>

=== Ramp-up === Some time in late June 2022, Gigafactory Texas reached a run rate of 1,000 units a week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Fred |date=June 29, 2022 |title=Tesla ramps up Gigafactory Texas to thousands of units per week, adds new Model Y version |url=https://electrek.co/2022/06/29/tesla-ramps-up-gigafactory-texas-new-model-y-version/ |website=electrek.co}}</ref> On December 15, 2022, Gigafactory Texas reached a run rate of 3,000 units a week.<ref name="twitterunits">{{Cite web |title=Giga Texas hits 3k Model Y builds/week. Congrats, Tesla team! |url=https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1603478891728887822 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Primary source inline|date=August 2023}}</ref>

== See also == * List of Tesla factories

== References == <references> <ref name="eichmiller-20140903">{{Cite news |last=Eichmiller |first=J.P. |date=September 3, 2014 |title=Hutto falls short in bid for Tesla battery factory |work=Community Impact |url=https://communityimpact.com/austin/news/2014/09/03/hutto-falls-short-in-bid-for-tesla-battery-factory-2/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523115610/https://communityimpact.com/austin/news/2014/09/03/hutto-falls-short-in-bid-for-tesla-battery-factory-2/ |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |quote=Hutto {{abbr|EDC|Economic Development Corporation}}, with the assistance of the city of Taylor, Hutto {{abbr |ISD |Independent School District}}, Williamson County and the state of Texas, put together an incentive package worth more than $800 million over 20 years. … cities of Hutto and Taylor had secured more than 1,000 acres of land south of the intersection of Hwy. 79 and FM 3349 to build the factory with rail access nearby. It was believed the factory would have brought approximately 6,500 jobs to the area.}}</ref>

<ref name="chamber-megasite-2016">{{Cite web |title=Hutto MegaSite |url=https://www.austinchamber.com/economic-development/real-estate/featured-industrial/huttomegasite |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524122519/https://www.austinchamber.com/economic-development/real-estate/featured-industrial/huttomegasite |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |access-date=May 17, 2020 |publisher=Austin Chamber of Commerce |quote=+/- 1,486 acres … Industrial or Corporate headquarters … Access to BNSF and Union Pacific Class 1 railroads}}</ref>

<ref name="korosec-20200311">{{Cite magazine |last=Korosec |first=Kirsten |date=March 11, 2020 |title=Tesla is eyeing Nashville for Cybertruck gigafactory |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/10/tesla-is-searching-central-u-s-for-a-cybertruck-gigafactory-site/ |url-status=live |magazine=TechCrunch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517232032/https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/10/tesla-is-searching-central-u-s-for-a-cybertruck-gigafactory-site/ |archive-date=May 17, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2020 |quote=Tesla is in talks with Nashville officials to locate a factory there that will produce its all-electric Cybertruck and Model Y crossover}}</ref>

<ref name="krisher-20200516">{{Cite news |last1=Krisher |first1=Tom |last2=Wallace |first2=Terry |date=May 16, 2020 |title=Tesla picks Austin, Tulsa as finalists for new US factory |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/0a9fd1530e5cb8ddcd94143eae641248 |url-status=live |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519113224/https://apnews.com/0a9fd1530e5cb8ddcd94143eae641248 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |quote=Tesla has picked Austin, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as finalists for its new U.S. assembly plant … officials visited Tulsa … and were shown two sites. … site selection process is secret, … no final decision has been made. … new factory will be Tesla's biggest so far. … factory to be in the center of the country and closer to East Coast markets.}}</ref>

<ref name="szymkowski-20200518-austin-tulsa">{{Cite news |last=Szymkowski |first=Sean |date=May 18, 2019  |title=Tesla eyes Austin and Tulsa for Cybertruck production, report says |work=CNET |department=Roadshow |url=https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-cybertruck-production-austin-tulsa-us-gigafactory/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519134353/https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-cybertruck-production-austin-tulsa-us-gigafactory/ |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |quote=narrowed it down to two cities to build a new US Gigafactory for Cybertruck production, and they are Austin, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma … ''Associated Press'' reported on the finalists … visited Tulsa to view two potential sites for the Gigafactory. … mayor G.T. Bynum said "…can't imagine a better place than Green Country."}}</ref>

<ref name="szymkowski-20200518-police">{{Cite news |last=Szymkowski |first=Sean |date=May 18, 2020  |title=Tulsa mayor wants Tesla Cybertruck police vehicles, if company builds plant |work=CNET |department=Roadshow |url=https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-cybertruck-police-vehicle-tulsa-mayor-plant/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519115539/https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-cybertruck-police-vehicle-tulsa-mayor-plant/ |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |quote=Mayor of Tulsa G.T. Bynum has a simple proposition: If Tesla builds its future Cybertruck Gigafactory in the Oklahoma city, he wants Cybertruck police vehicles … tweeted a rendering of a Cybertruck decked out in local police livery, following reports his city is a finalist among Tesla's choices. … added it would "only be right to buy local,"}}</ref>

<ref name="mummolo-20200520">{{Cite news |last=Mummolo |first=Burt |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Golden Driller transformed into Elon Musk |work=KTUL |url=https://ktul.com/news/local/golden-driller-transformed-into-elon-musk |url-status=live |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529105632/https://ktul.com/news/local/golden-driller-transformed-into-elon-musk |archive-date=May 29, 2020 |quote=at the Golden Driller... "Hey Kurt, we have some people who want to wrap the Driller!" That's the phone call Kurt Stenstrom of Meeks Group received over the weekend … "This is the first time the face has ever been wrapped," he said.}}</ref>

<ref name="berg-20200520">{{Cite news |last=Berg |first=Steve |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Golden Driller mysteriously sporting Tesla logos |work=KRMG-FM |url=https://www.krmg.com/news/local/golden-driller-mysteriously-sporting-tesla-logos/t3B0huJexNpGzR6DzP5n9M/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526144605/https://www.krmg.com/news/local/golden-driller-mysteriously-sporting-tesla-logos/t3B0huJexNpGzR6DzP5n9M/ |archive-date=May 26, 2020 |quote=… workers were busy adorning the distinctive Tesla "T" on the chest of the iconic Golden Driller at the Tulsa County fairgrounds. The Tesla name also now appears on the belt buckle of the statue. … planning a news conference for <time datetime="2020-05-20T14:00:00-0500">2:00 p.m. on Wednesday</time>}}</ref>

<ref name="klayman-20200615">{{Cite news |last1=Klayman |first1=Ben |last2=Brooks |first2=Brad |date=June 15, 2020 |title=Tesla negotiating incentives for possible Texas vehicle assembly plant: report |work=Reuters |department=Business |location=Austin, Texas |editor-last=Adler |editor-first=Leslie |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-texas/tesla-negotiating-incentives-for-possible-texas-vehicle-assembly-plant-report-idUSKBN23M2ON |url-status=live |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615185315/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-texas/tesla-negotiating-incentives-for-possible-texas-vehicle-assembly-plant-report-idUSKBN23M2ON |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |quote=negotiating possible incentives … ''Austin American-Statesman'' reported on <time datetime="2020-06-15" title="June 15, 2020">Monday</time> … Travis County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss terms of the deal on <time datetime="2020-06-16">Tuesday</time>}}</ref>

<ref name="hawkins-20200615">{{Cite news |last1=Hawkins |first1=Lori |last2=Novak |first2=Shonda |date=June 15, 2020 |title=Travis County considering Tesla incentives deal |work=Austin American-Statesman |location=Austin |url=https://www.statesman.com/business/20200615/breaking-travis-county-considering-tesla-incentives-deal |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615192535/https://www.statesman.com/business/20200615/breaking-travis-county-considering-tesla-incentives-deal |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |quote=Item 21 on <time datetime="2020-06-16" title="June 16, 2020">Tuesday's</time> Travis Commissioners Court agenda calls for the members to “Consider and take appropriate action on a project under Travis County Code Chapter 28." … Chapter 28 of the Travis County Code contains guidelines for economic development incentives. … United Auto Workers, … believes "that item 21 on the agenda is related to Tesla," … "…moratorium on economic incentives. In May, the commissioners lifted the moratorium for two months…" … will be talked about in "executive session," … UAW … sent a letter}}</ref>

<ref name="hyatt-20200619">{{Cite news |last1=Hyatt |first1=Kyle |last2=Szymkowski |first2=Sean |date=June 19, 2020 |title=Elon Musk says 'several' Tesla Cybertruck Gigafactory sites under consideration |department=Road |url=https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-factory-texas-tulsa/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621140632/https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-factory-texas-tulsa/ |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |quote=asked if Tulsa, Oklahoma remains in the mix for a possible Tesla production site, Musk simply said the company continues to consider "several options." … looking for $68 million worth of property tax credits from a Travis County school district. … in the official documents that "eight states" were also under consideration.}}</ref>

<ref name="falcon-20200710">{{Cite news |last=Falcon |first=Russell |date=July 9, 2020 |title=Del Valle ISD approves land usage for Tesla 'Gigafactory' to be built |work=KXAN-TV |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/business/del-valle-isd-approves-land-usage-for-tesla-gigafactory-to-be-built/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710101020/https://www.kxan.com/news/business/del-valle-isd-approves-land-usage-for-tesla-gigafactory-to-be-built/ |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |quote=Del Valle Independent School District approved an incentive agreement with Tesla, … build a 4-5 million square-foot electric vehicle … Gigafactory at the intersection of State Highway 130 and Harold Green Road … 2,100 acres, … $68 million — by capping the property value for 10 years. … 5,000 jobs}}</ref> </references>

== External links == {{Commons category|Giga Texas}} * [https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/permit/public-search-other?t_detail=1&t_selected_folderrsn=12520107 Project 2020-115336 SP] plans, at Austin Build + Connect

=== Youtube update channels === * [https://www.youtube.com/c/MyTeslaWeekend/videos Weekly updates with building construction progress statistics] * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDmfM1DRiTC9E7fuBbul2SQ/videos daily drone footage of construction]

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