The just lately introduced Tesla Giga Mexico manufacturing unit is anticipated to be one of many largest initiatives in automotive historical past.

To date, Tesla revealed solely a picture of the deliberate website, confirming its intention to supply in Mexico its next-generation all-electric vehicles.

A bit extra particulars have been revealed by Mexico’s authorities, which mentioned that the land spans practically 4,200 acres in an industrial zone within the Santa Catarina municipality close to Monterrey (Nuevo Leon). That is 68 p.c greater than within the case of the Tesla Giga Texas (2,500 acres).

In keeping with Reuters, Jesus Nava – the mayor of Santa Catarina – mentioned that the brand new electrical automobile envisioned for the location will probably be revealed by Tesla when it breaks floor in about three months from now.

An attention-grabbing factor is the dimensions of the funding estimated at $10 billion and 10,000 staff ($5 billion and 5,000 staff initially). We do not know the small print, but it surely would possibly embrace each automobile manufacturing, in addition to different parts, like drive items and battery cells.

The report says {that a} senior Mexican official talked about annual output of 1 million automobiles per 12 months, however we doubt that is the case as a result of it is inside attain of the prevailing Tesla Giga Shanghai plant in China. If Giga Mexico will actually be as huge as they recommend, a million items per 12 months could be simply the preliminary goal with one other million items per 12 months to be added later.

Anyway, the brand new manufacturing unit will probably be large – it should be if Tesla intends to regularly enhance its output to twenty million items per 12 months in the long run.

Tesla Giga Mexico briefly:

• introduced on March 1, 2023
• location: within the Santa Catarina municipality close to Monterrey (Nuevo Leon)
• building to start out inside about three months (Summer time 2023)
• objective: next-generation EVs
• information from Mexico’s authorities:
  practically 4,200 acres
  initially: $5 billion funding and 5,000 individuals
  finally: $10 billion funding and 10,000 individuals
  manufacturing output of 1 million automobiles yearly