{"id":251609,"date":"2024-05-23T21:43:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/tesla-officially-breaks-ground-at-megafactory-in-china\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T01:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T01:27:42","slug":"tesla-officially-breaks-ground-at-megafactory-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/tesla-officially-breaks-ground-at-megafactory-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla officially breaks ground at Megafactory in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tesla has officially broken ground on its new Megafactory project to build Megapacks for energy storage in China.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n The Megafactory in Lathrop, California, was Tesla\u2019s first dedicated factory to produce Megapacks, which were previously produced at Gigafactory Nevada.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Earlier this year,\u00a0Tesla announced a plan to replicate the Megafactory in China\u00a0through a deal with Shanghai\u2019s Lingang authorities.<\/p>\n The project had an official signing ceremony late last year.<\/p>\n When first announcing the factory, Tesla aimed at starting construction during the second half of 2023 and production in Q2 2024.<\/p>\n However, it looks like the project…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n