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Riz Akhtar
Riz Akhtar

Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.

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Tesla to announce sixth Gigafactory in 2023

  • 24 May 2023
  • Riz Akhtar
tesla-berlin
Tesla to announce the next Gigafactory location later this year as the EV maker continues its rapid expansion.
Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory. Source: Tesla
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Tesla to spend $US188 million to upgrade Giga Shanghai production capacity

  • 30 November 2021
  • Joshua S. Hill
EV maker Tesla is planning to invest $US188 million to expand production lines at its Giga Shanghai production facility.
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Musk flags Berlin factory opening as Model Y lifts Europe to record EV sales

  • 11 October 2021
  • Bridie Schmidt
Musk says Tesla Model Y electric crossover - which helped Europe hit record battery-electric car sales - will start rolling off Berlin factory next month.
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Renault signs partnership deals for two battery gigafactories in Europe

  • 29 June 2021
  • Joshua S. Hill
Renault signs two deals for battery gigafactories in Europe as it prepares to roll out its fleet of electric vehicle models.
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Tesla’s Giga Berlin electric vehicle factory plans are massive

  • 11 September 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Tesla could end up hiring four times the staff currently employed at Fremont for Giga Berlin, with eight Giga Presses planned to make Model Y.
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  • 2 min
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Queensland EV battery gigafactory edges closer to realisation

  • 17 August 2020
  • Joshua S. Hill
Queensland government approves feasibility study findings ahead of final investment decision on $3bn EV battery gigafactory in Townsville.
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Battery developer Northvolt raises $US1.6 billion for two new gigafactories

  • 31 July 2020
  • Joshua S. Hill
Swedish battery maker Northvolt announces $US1.6 billion round of debt financing intended to support development of two li-ion battery gigafactories.
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General Motors starts construction of Ultium battery factory

  • 31 July 2020
  • Joshua S. Hill
Steel construction begins on three million-square-foot factory in Lordstown, Ohio that will build GM's Ultium battery cells and packs.
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Giga Texas! Austin to build Tesla’s new Cybertruck and Tesla Semi

  • 23 July 2020
  • Sophie Vorrath
Tesla says next US Gigafactory will be in Austin, Texas, where work has already begun on an "ecological paradise" that will produce the Cybertruck and Semi.
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“It starts!” German minister says work on Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin has begun

  • 14 February 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
The start of preparations for Tesla's Gigafactory Berlin have begun, trumpeted by Brandenburg's Minister of Economic Affairs Jörg Steinbach via social media channel Twitter.

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