An Austin, Texas newspaper, the Statesman, is openly speculating that Tesla will add "battery cell production" to a new Tesla plant already in process. They base their speculation on an unreferenced statement by the CEO Elon Musk and a filing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. They are not the first to speculate on Tesla and we expect they will not be the last.
To be clear, based on what the Statesman quote, the facility will "produce the battery packs" for vehicles. This means they will do the final assembly of the "battery pack" just before they are installed into vehicles. They will NOT produce batteries at that location.
Here are the relevant paragraphs from that news paperWithout naming Austin specifically, Musk also said Tesla will expand and improve its battery technology and battery cell production.
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An air-quality permit application filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality indicates the facility would include capabilities for stamping, die casting, drive units assembly, cell manufacturing, battery pack assembly, general assembly and paint repair operations. It would also include support equipment such as boilers, emergency engines, a wastewater treatment plant and a cooling tower.
"The facility is proposing to operate a cell-manufacturing unit to produce the battery packs that are installed in the vehicle. The final product from this operation are the cells," the filing said.
Tesla's Austin-area site could include battery production
https://www.statesman.com/business/20201021/teslarsquos-austin-area-site-could-include-battery-production
by Kara Carlson - Oct 21, 2020 at 6:05 PM
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