Facilities

In addition to its corporate headquarters, the company operates multiple large factories for making vehicles and their components. The company operates showrooms and galleries around the world.

Opened	Name	City	Country	Employees	Products	Notes
2010	Tesla Factory	Fremont, California	United States	10,000	Tesla Model S Tesla Model 3 Tesla Model X Tesla Model Y Tesla Roadster (2020)	Previously a NUMMI factory.
2013	Tesla facilities in Tilburg	Tilburg	Netherlands		Tesla Model S Tesla Model X	Tesla's first factory outside of the United States. Final EU assembly of major components from US.
2016	Giga Nevada	Storey County, Nevada	United States	7,000	Lithium-ion batteries Tesla Powerwall Tesla Powerpack Tesla Megapack	Also known as Gigafactory 1.
2017	Giga New York	Buffalo, New York	United States	1,500	Photovoltaic cells Solar panels Solar shingles Supercharger equipment	Also known as Gigafactory 2.
2019	Giga Shanghai	Shanghai	China	2,000	Tesla Model 3 Tesla Model Y	Also known as Gigafactory 3. Tesla's first Gigafactory outside of the United States.
2021	Giga Berlin	Grünheide, Brandenburg	Germany	10,000	Lithium-ion batteries Tesla Model 3 Tesla Model Y	Also known as Gigafactory 4. Tesla's first Gigafactory in Europe.
2021	Giga Texas	Austin, Texas	United States	5,000	Tesla Cybertruck Tesla Model 3 Tesla Model Y Tesla Semi	Also known as Gigafactory 5.

Key

Denotes factories that have not yet opened

United States

Tesla was founded in San Carlos, California. Tesla's first retail stores were in Los Angeles, in Menlo Park, California and in Manhattan's Chelsea art district, followed by others in major US cities. In 2010, Tesla moved its corporate headquarters and opened a powertrain development facility in Palo Alto.

As of 2018, Tesla has service centers in 25 states, referring owners with shell damage to approved third-party body shops. In May 2020, after California's government had refused to let the Tesla factory reopen after a COVID-19 lockdown, Elon Musk said that he is going to move the company's headquarters from California to Texas or Nevada.

Factories

Tesla's first assembly plant occupies the former NUMMI plant in Fremont, California. It is known as the Tesla Factory. As of 2016, the plant was not highly automated—it was expected to produce some 80,000 cars with 6,000 workers compared to a "typical" plant that might produce 250,000 cars with 3,000 workers. The 370-acre (1,500,000 m2) site includes a 5,500,000-square-foot (510,000 m2) building complex.

In 2015, Tesla acquired Riviera Tool & Die (with 100 employees in Grand Rapids, Michigan), one of its suppliers of stamping items. They initially renamed the facility "Tesla Michigan", and subsequently refer to the facility as Tesla Tool and Die.needs update In 2017, Tesla acquired Perbix Machine Company,where? a manufacturer of automated manufacturing equipment, that had been an equipment supplier for over three years. In December 2017, Tesla acquired the factory automation firm Compass Automation of Elgin, Illinois, with expertise in automated assembly and inspection systems; by the end of 2018 the company was working exclusively for Tesla.

By 2015, Tesla also occupied a second factory in Fremont. The building is more than 500,000 sq ft (46,500 m2). The location is next to a SolarCity facility, a few miles from the original Fremont plant.

Giga Nevada—originally Gigafactory, and later Gigafactory 1—is located outside Reno, Nevada. As of January 2017update, it occupied 1.9 million square feet (180,000 m2) with 4.9 million square feet (460,000 m2) of usable area across several floors. It produces Powerwalls and Powerpacks as well as battery cells in partnership with Panasonic. It also produces Model 3 battery packs and drivetrains. The factory received substantial subsidies from the local and state governments.

Giga New York is located in Buffalo, New York, on the site of a former Republic Steel plant. It is operated by Tesla's SolarCity unit. The factory is a $750 million, 1.2-million-square-foot (0.11 km2) facility that directly employs 500 workers. Tesla partnered with Panasonic to assemble photovoltaic panel modules. Tesla received incentives to locate the factory in Buffalo through the Buffalo Billion program. As of August 2017update, the factory added production of solar tiles for the Tesla Solar Roof. In January 2018, Tesla announced, after testing on employees' roofs, that it would begin installing the Tesla Solar Roof on customers' homes "within the next few months". Tesla announced Version 3 of the Solar Roof in October 2019, claiming that they achieved economic viability to be cost competitive for installations where a new roof is needed and residential solar power is desired. In March 2020, Tesla produced 4MW of Solar Roof in one week, enough for up to 1,000 homes (assuming 4 kW per roof). However, the "overwhelming majority" of the solar cells produced at the factory were being sold overseas, rather than being used in Tesla's Solar Roof. In June 2020, Tesla began canceling and refunding Solar Roof orders (after years of taking deposits) in areas where Tesla is not planning a service territory.

On July 23, 2020, Tesla picked Austin, Texas, as the site of Gigafactory 5. Tesla aims to have up and running by the end of 2021. The factory is planned to be the main factory for the Tesla Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi; it will also produce Model 3 and Model Y cars for the Eastern United States.

Canada

Tesla's first "new design" store opened on November 16, 2012, in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, Ontario. As of March 2019update, a total of nine Tesla stores/galleries operated in Montreal, Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver.

Europe

Tesla opened its first European store in June 2009 in London. Tesla's European headquarters are in Amsterdam. A 62,000 sq ft (5,800 m2) European service center operates in Tilburg, Netherlands, along with a 77,650 m2 (835,800 sq ft) assembly facility that adds drivetrain, battery and software to the (imported) car body to reduce EU import tax.

In late 2016, Tesla acquired German engineering firm Grohmann Engineering in Prüm as a new division dedicated to helping Tesla increase the automation and effectiveness of its manufacturing process. After winding down existing contracts with other auto manufacturers, Grohmann works exclusively on Tesla projects. As of February 2018, Tesla is building a small research and development office in Athens, Greece.

In June 2014 Tesla announced, and again confirmed in November 2016, its long-term plans to build a car and battery Gigafactory in Europe. Several countries have campaigned to host. and in July 2018, it was reported that Tesla was exploring locating Gigafactory 4 in either Germany or the Netherlands. A location and plans to begin construction near Berlin were announced in November 2019. In 2020, after anti-Tesla protests and environmentalists' victory in the court, the car-maker was forced to temporarily stop preparations for the launch of a factory in Germany.

Asia

By 2013, showrooms and service centers operated in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Tesla opened its first Japanese showroom in Tokyo, Japan, in October 2010. In South Korea, it opened two showrooms in March 2017 and a service center in late 2017. In August, 2017, Taiwan opened its first service center and showroom.

Giga Shanghai

In July 2018, Tesla signed an agreement with Chinese authorities to build a factory in Shanghai, China, which is Tesla's first Gigafactory outside of the United States. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on January 7, 2019. The factory building was finished in August 2019, and the initial Tesla Model 3s were in production from Giga Shanghai in October 2019.

Middle East

Tesla opened a showroom and a service center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2017 as the first expansion of Tesla in the Middle East. Five ultra-fast superchargers were also built between cities with a planned 50 destination chargers in the United Arab Emirates by the end of 2017. The Dubai Department of Economic Development stated that it will assist Tesla expansion across the United Arab Emirates as well as neighboring countries in the Middle East. One of the first Tesla customers was Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority which ordered 200 Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles that were added to Dubai Taxi Corporation's fleet. In May 2017 the service center and store in Amman, Jordan was opened. In January 2020 a "pop-up" store in Tel Aviv, Israel was opened and an R&D center.

Australia

Tesla opened a showroom in Sydney's Martin Place in 2010, followed by a showroom and service center in Melbourne in 2015. By 2019, Tesla had opened 4 service centers in Australia.

Tesla installed the world's largest lithium ion battery pack, known as the Hornsdale Power Reserve, for the government of South Australia in 2017; to help alleviate energy blackouts in the state. Tesla met Elon Musk's guarantee of installation in 100 days or it would be free.

South America

In February 2020, several news sites reported that Tesla was negotiating with the Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Marcos Pontes to build a Gigafactory in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The rumours were later confirmed by the Brazilian government. Brazil wants to have Tesla in the country, not only selling its cars but also producing them there. Tesla vehicles could then be exported to other nearby markets, such as Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, the Caribbean region, and even Mexico, a country with which Brazil has a free trade agreement. Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stated on his Twitter account that he will be going to the United States in March to visit one of Tesla's facilities, hoping to finalize the deal.