Tuesday, September 19, 2017 6:52:44 AM
BAIRD: Tesla's Gigafactory is ramping up — and it hands the carmaker a huge advantage (TSLA)
"....According to Ben Kallo, an analyst at Baird, the Gigafactory bet is paying off though, and Tesla's battery-producing Gigafactory is "on track" to hit its production targets for the year.
The Gigafactory is in the process of ramping up its production to meet the huge demand for Tesla's Model 3. Right now, the factory is only 30-35% complete, according to Kallo's estimates. The company hopes to produce 50 gigawatt hours worth of batteries in 2018, which would be the rough equivalent of 1 million 50 kilowatt hour batteries which power the entry-level Model 3.
"Activity at the Gigafactory has increased since our tour in January, and we believe cost reduction and capacity expansion efforts are on track," Kallo said in a note to clients. "Tesla will continue to have a battery cost advantage over competitors given its scale of production [of the Gigafactory] in Nevada....."
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-huge-bet-on-batteries-will-soon-be-its-biggest-advantage-2017-9-1002379671
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