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Well, there was a TV show on Discovery in at least the Netherlands, called Megafactories, is this really that much larger? Car plants are pretty large as they g
by ragebol 5y ago
Well, there was a TV show on Discovery in at least the Netherlands, called Megafactories, is this really that much larger? Car plants are pretty large as they go already.
So, after some DDGing, the biggest car plant is Volkswagens' in Wolfsburg, Germany [0] at 6.5 million square meters, while Giga nevada has 11.5 million square meters [1], so twice the size. So it's big, but to go from mega to giga, you'd really need a 1000x increase, rather than a mere 2x increase :-).
The Northvolt facility does not qualify for the Giga-prefix IMHO.
[0] https://motoroctane.com/news/213409-largest-car-factories-world https://motoroctane.com/news/213409-largest-car-factories-wo.... This page actually positions Giga Nevada at a lower rank, so probably outdated
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Nevada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Nevada
- CorrectHorseBat 5y agoI was under the impression that Giga referred to GigaWh of batteries per year produced
- fastball 5y agoPretty sure the name comes from the idea of producing Gigawatt-hours of battery capacity in one factory (which it does), rather than from the footprint.
- ragebol 5y agoYeah, thought so too after I posted my comment and walked away. Oh well