“There's an R&D fab that we're building in Austin — that's a collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX. We have all the equipment on order. I think we'll probably be able to make something useful by the end of next year. It really is crawl, walk, run... It's either build Terafab or fail to scale. Those are the two options.”
Said Sep 15, 2026Deadline Dec 31, 2027All-In Summit 2026, Los Angeles, September 13-15, 2026; reported by TeslaNorth
Tesla broke ground on the Giga Texas North Campus research fab in April 2026; the far larger Terafab plant in Grimes County, Texas, with an estimated $16.8 billion first phase, is a separate, later-stage project.