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- Jul 29, 201685% CONFIDENCEfrom electrek.co · possible Jul 29, 2016 – Jan 1, 2018
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- Jan 2, 201825% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
Inside Tesla's $5 Billion Gigafactory - Visual Capitalist
- Tesla set a grand opening for its Nevada Gigafactory near Reno on the evening of Friday, 29 July 2016, announced by invitation to top Model S referrers[2][3]
- The factory was described as a $5 billion project; only phase one (a "pilot plant", 1.9 million sq ft of space) was built, and Utility Dive said it was about 14% complete[2][3]
- When complete it is planned at roughly 5.8 million sq ft footprint (Electrek cites about 13 million sq ft of space in total), as a net-zero-energy building with rooftop and hillside solar[2][3]
- Powerwall and Powerpack production had moved there in October 2015, with battery cell production expected to start later in 2016[2][3]
- Tesla aims to cut cell cost 30 to 50% through scale[2]
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- [1]25%visualcapitalist.com/inside-teslas-5-billion-gigafactoryvisualcapitalist.com· Posted Jul 23, 2017· Starts Jan 1, 2018· Ends Jan 2, 2018 ✓· 72% of score
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- [2]85%Tesla will hold a 'Grand Opening' event for the Gigafactory on July 29electrek.co· Published May 27, 2016· Starts Jul 29, 2016 ✓· 14% of score
Electrek reports Tesla's own announcement of the Gigafactory's grand opening event on 29 July 2016, roughly 18 months earlier than the pin's stored 1 January 2018.
- [3]82%Tesla sets July 29 as grand opening date for Nevada gigafactoryutilitydive.com· Published May 27, 2016· Starts Jul 29, 2016· 14% of score
Utility Dive independently corroborates the 29 July 2016 grand opening date for the Gigafactory Nevada.
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