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Is any slightely larger than average factory building now a Gigafactory?
by progfix 5y ago
Is any slightely larger than average factory building now a Gigafactory?
- avtolik 5y agoNo. It has to be about 1000 times bigger than a Megafactory.
- tromp 5y agoI can see how they'd use Gigafactory for a factory that's only one order of magnitude larger than a Megafactory. On the other hand, I don't see anyone talking about a Kilofactory...
- topspin 5y agoPerhaps we'll need Terafactories soon.
- roessland 5y agoAssuming that "Giga Nevada" actually is a Gigafactory, an ordinary Factory would then be 2.86400 mm^2.
- kragen 5y agoMaybe it's measured by volume rather than floor area?
- jillesvangurp 5y agoFor battery factories specifically, the term is used for factories producing more than 1GWH per year. That was unusual before EVs became a thing. This particular factory is supposed to scale to about 60GWH capacity. That sounds like a lot but it's only a million 60KWH batteries that would go into e.g. a decent EV. With most ICE car production disappearing over the next two decades, we'll need a lot more factories. Tesla has actually started talking about Tera factories a few years ago. That's roughly what they'd need to produce 20M such vehicles. And of course they have more need for batteries with their grid storage and truck business. So, it's easy to see how they'd end up with multiple tera factories if they keep on growing like they have been.