Tesla has officially broken ground on its new Megafactory project to build Megapacks for energy storage in China.
The Megafactory in Lathrop, California, was Tesla’s first dedicated factory to produce Megapacks, which were previously produced at Gigafactory Nevada.
It is still ramping up to its full capacity of 40 GWh worth of Megapacks, a battery pack for utility-scale energy storage projects, but it has already helped Tesla break new records of energy storage deployment almost every quarter.
Earlier this year, Tesla announced a plan to replicate the Megafactory in China through a deal with Shanghai’s Lingang authorities.
The project had an official signing ceremony late last year.
When first announcing the factory, Tesla aimed at starting construction during the second half of 2023 and production in Q2 2024.
However, it looks like the project…