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I think it's coined by Tesla, but not a trademark. (don't quote me on this)

• brianbest101 3y ago
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• JackFr 3y ago
  But what does it mean? Are there kilofactories and megafactories? The rarely seen obscure myriafactories?
  • yreg 3y ago
    There is one megafactory: https://www.tesla.com/en_eu/megafactory https://www.tesla.com/en_eu/megafactory I thought gigafactory had no meaning other than Tesla's marketing speak for a large factory, but apparently the term is gaining traction for better or worse: > The term "gigafactory" has also been adopted by other companies which are involved in the manufacture of electric vehicles and other clean tech products. Established automobile manufacturers such as Jaguar and Volkswagen now use the term to refer to their own electric vehicle factories.[6][7] Newer companies such as Stellantis have also embraced the term[8] by referring to four new "gigafactories" in France which will produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Other companies such as Holosolis[9] and 3Sun,[10] which only produce solar cells and finished solar panel assemblies, also use the term "gigafactory" to refer to their facilities. The term is therefore understood to generically refer to large industrial facilities which are associated with the decarbonization and electrification trend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigafactory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigafactory