According to foreign media on November 22, Tesla invested over $1 billion in its new super factory in Austin, Texas, and plans to complete construction by the end of this year. The report submitted by Tesla to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows the company’s expenditures in various manufacturing processes in Texas. Tesla plans to complete the construction of the final assembly, paint, casting, stamping, and body workshop facilities by December 31, 2021.
The report also shows that the Tesla Texas factory, which includes these five facilities, covers a total area of nearly 4.3 million square feet (0.4 square kilometers) and costs $1.06 billion.
Currently, Tesla’s overseas factories’ production capacity is limited due to the chip shortage and foreign epidemics. Therefore, the Shanghai and Fremont factories are the only factories that can provide Tesla’s production capacity.
Due to the impact of a consultation procedure initiated in Berlin, Germany, Tesla’s super factory there, originally expected to start producing this month, has been forced to postpone. Most of the cars produced by the Shanghai factory from July to August this year were exported, and it was not until September that Tesla’s domestic orders were released.
According to Tesla Germany’s official website, the delivery time for the Model Y Long Range version is scheduled for February 2022. The delivery time for this model is delayed until June 2022 on the US official website, and the delivery time for this model is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022 on the Chinese official website. This means that Tesla still has a lot of backlog of orders, and the demand for the Model Y is very strong worldwide. Once the super factory in Texas completes debugging and production capacity climbing, Tesla’s backlog of orders will be released to a greater extent, and its sales will further increase.The following is the translation of the given Chinese Markdown text into English Markdown text, with professional language and preserving HTML tags:
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# 特斯拉方案预算五亿美元1号工厂扩建
特斯拉正在德克萨斯州GST超级工厂上增加一家Giga厂，该公司在最新提交的德克萨斯州环保部门文档中透露了该厂的预算5亿美元。
申请文件中提到，这是“GTS 1号工厂的第一阶段”，并且预计将产生2,500个就业机会。 具体位置并没有在文档中公布，但特斯拉正在德克萨斯GST超级工厂用于模型Y的现有设施中扩建一个新厂房。
在文档中，特斯拉描述了计划扩建的规模。 该公司指出，该厂的第一阶段将产生在建筑和设备方面的开支，包括公用事业和基础设施的安装。 该计划将“在不需要重要更改现有许可条件的情况下”进行。
特斯拉最近宣布的五项技术创新中，大部分都集中在电动汽车电池的生产和能量存储的扩展上。 所以预计特斯拉在这个新项目中可能会增加他们的电动汽车电池制造能力。
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Tesla’s Plan Budgets $500 Million for Phase 1 of Texas Gigafactory Extension
Tesla is adding another Giga factory at its GST Super Factory in Texas, and the company has revealed a budget of $500 million for the plant in the latest documents submitted to the Texas environmental agency.
The application documents say that this is the “first phase” of “GTS 1” factory and is expected to create 2,500 job openings. The exact location is not disclosed in the documents, but Tesla is expanding within the existing facilities for Model Y at its GST Super Factory site in Texas.
In the documents, Tesla described the scale of the planned extension. The company pointed out the spending on construction and equipment for the first phase of the plant, including the installation of utilities and infrastructure. The plan will be carried out “without the need for significant changes to existing permit conditions.”
Most of Tesla’s five recent technological innovations have focused on the production of electric vehicle batteries and the expansion of energy storage. Therefore, it is expected that Tesla may increase its electric vehicle battery manufacturing capacity in this new project.
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