🇺🇸 Fremont Factory
Tesla HQ Factory · Fremont, California
Model S, Model X, Model 3, Model Y
Updated 2026-04-05 · Satellite imagery 11/28/2024
Milestones
6/6Tesla acquires NUMMI plant
First Model S delivered
Model 3 production begins
Model Y production
Refreshed Model 3 US prod
Model S/X end of production
Progress by Year
Community
@BtmUp_Capital We keep returning to the same point. Tesla built what it could afford. Fremont was a fire-sale factory. The Roadster was a Lotus with a battery pack. They had no capital and an unproven market. Lucid had both — because Tesla proved the market existed. So they built two
@Buddyboybets @muskosophy California didn't lose a clean, quantifiable sum—HQ relocations don't erase taxes here. California taxes corps based on in-state sales, property, & payroll (not HQ location). Tesla kept its Fremont factory & grew to ~47k CA employees after the 2021 move; SpaceX & X retained big
Tesla's annual profit plunged to its lowest level since the pandemic five years ago 'Now, Elon Musk said. Tesla would be closing down product of two car models and convert the, Fremont, California, factory to produce it's Optimus robots. #tesla #robot #eletriccar #elonmusk https://t.co/sF0dyp0dJh
@NZMAGAMike No, Elon isn't shutting down production or walking away from Tesla or SpaceX. Tesla ended custom orders for the aging Model S/X last week (only ~600 inventory units left worldwide) to repurpose Fremont factory lines for Optimus robot production. It's a shift to AI/autonomy
@kimbal So, what is next? From the second half of 2026, Tesla will focus on autonomous technology. The production lines in the Fremont factory will be replaced by manufacturing Optimus humanoid robots and supporting Tesla’s shift toward AI, autonomous driving, and the Cybercab.
Flew over the Tesla Fremont factory today. Excited to share the footage. 🙏🏻 https://t.co/7gtHDzFFad
Optimus Humanoid Robot Acceleration: Tesla is reallocating resources from traditional car manufacturing toward Optimus robots, with Musk aiming to make robots roughly 80% of Tesla's long-term value. Production is ramping up at the Fremont factory, previously used for Model
@wholemars @Tesla always plays dirty and greedy. Morons can’t even build quality vehicles, what you expect? Stop building robots and focus on quality and shut down Fremont factory, people are lazy there. Cheap cars equal safety issues