Tesla says: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/gigafactory http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/gigafactory "In cooperation with strategic battery manufacturing partn

Tesla says: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/gigafactory http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/gigafactory "In cooperation with strategic battery manufacturing partners, we’re planning to build a large scale factory that will allow us to achieve economies of scale and minimize costs through innovative manufacturing, reduction of logistics waste, optimization of co-located processes and reduced overhead." I guess that and also securing the supply chain for themselves as the rest of the car industry starts/continues to compete with them for the battery supply.