gigafactory
Noun
Meaning
gigafactory (plural gigafactories)
(slang) A very large manufacturing facility.
(slang) A factory producing electric batteries at a large scale.
Examples
Accrued purchases reflects liabilities related to the construction of the Gigafactory along with engineering design and testing accruals.
One site that has reportedly been approached in recent weeks about whether it could hold a gigafactory is Gravity, a 650-acre location near Bristol which was once the site of a BAE factory.
The plans Workman outlined include increasing the number of employee shuttles that run to the Gigafactory to reduce their individual capacity and stocking them with unspecified personal protective equipment.
Tesla claimed it received a phone call from one of Tripp’s friends after he was fired, alleging Tripp planned to return to the Gigafactory and “shoot the place up.”
We have partnered with Panasonic to provide capital and operational support to manufacture photovoltaic cells, and thus enable high volume integrated tile and photovoltaic cell production, at our Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York.
The Powerpacks Tesla is installing on Kauai are second-generation models built at the company’s Nevada Gigafactory and contain the new 2170 cell developed by Tesla and Panasonic.