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Tesla's announcement says that in one week its electric vehicle production plant in Austin, Texas, celebrated the milestone of 4 Model Y units.
Tesla's factory in Austin, Texas (USA) known as "Gigafactory" tripled the number of employees in its factories between 2021 and 2022, and this growth was even greater than expected by the vehicle giant. In 2021, the facility in Texas had 3.523 workers, but at the end of 2022 that number rose to 12.277, according to information from the Bloomberg agency and the Olhar Digital website. The generation of jobs in factories scattered across the US state has helped Texas become the leader in job growth in the United States.
Having a size greater than that of 100 football fields together, Tesla's factory in Texas is being quoted to produce the long-awaited "Cybertruck", in addition to already producing some units of the Model Y electric vehicle. In early April, Tesla announced and celebrated the production of 4 thousand units of the crossover in just 7 days.
Tesla factory in Texas is one of the largest of the brand
Tesla's Texas factory is its fifth Gigafactory, followed only by the company's factories in Nevada, New York, Shanghai (China) and Berlin (Germany). Approximately $5,81 billion has been invested in the factory through the end of 2022, with Tesla claiming that wants to invest even more US$ 770 million in a factory expansion. The company's objective is to add to the factory a specific site for testing battery cells and a site for manufacturing cathode and drive units.
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About half of the employees of the Tesla company actually resided in Texas during the installation of the factory and according to disclosed information, the average salary of professionals was US$ 47.147 per year, in 2022. comparison title, as stated by reviews by the accompanying ZipRecruiter platform In the US job market, professionals working in the Texas city earn an average of $68.060 annually, excluding those working at Tesla.
New Tesla Battery Factory to be Built in Shanghai, China
In addition to the success of its Texas factory, Tesla is already further expanding its range of units. This time, the giant will build a new battery factory in Shanghai, which will increase its investments in China against a backdrop of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Tesla will build the “Megapack”, a giant energy storage plant, which will join the electric vehicle unit already installed in the city. The company led by Elon Musk made the announcement during a ceremony in Shanghai. Construction of Tesla's new battery factory could start in the third quarter of this year, according to the company itself. The company expects on-site battery production to start in the second quarter of 2024.
