🇺🇸 Gigafactory Texas
Giga Texas · Austin, Texas
Model Y, Cybertruck, Cybercab
Updated 2026-05-27 · Satellite imagery 1/31/2024 · 11/12 milestones verified
Built footprint
78%
Before
NowFirst and most-recent frames from the Sentinel-2 timelapse.
Area
10M sqft
Capacity
500K+
Investment
$10B+
Employees
20,000+
Gigafactory Texas
30.2209° N, 97.6187° W
Satellite timelapse
33 frames · Sentinel-2 + ESRILatest: 2026-05-15 · Source: Sentinel-2 L2A (Copernicus)
Milestones
11/122026-05
~70 Cybercabs staged in outbound lots (no customer deliveries confirmed)
Done
2026-04
Cell phase 2 building permit filed: 200K sqft new addition (Tesla Energy Operations direct contractor)[source]
Done
2026-03
DC2-102 CORTEX 2.0 wet utilities permit filed (12733 TESLA RD): 16" water + 24" reclaimed water + 12" wastewater process piping[source]
Done
2026-03
Massive expansion plans filed (SP-2026-0021.ETJX, 5 permits over 60 days)
Done
2026-H2
Phase 3 expansion complete
Upcoming
2025-06
Cybercab pilot line tooling staged
Done
2025-Q4
Cortex 2.0 datacenter construction begins on parcel (Megapack deployment for 500MW power) — see /site/cortex[source]
Done
2021-04
Main structure complete
Done
Progress by year
2020–202610%'20
25%'21
40%'22
55%'23
65%'24
72%'25
78%'26
Latest: 78%expanding
Latest news
Jul 9CleanTechnicaXPENG MONA L03: The Best Base Tesla Model Y Competitor?Jul 8CleanTechnicaAsleep Behind The Wheel Of A Tesla Using FSD?Jul 8CleanTechnicaThis Robotaxi Company Is Growing Its Share Of US Market — Not Waymo, Not TeslaJul 8TeslaratiTesla FSD is about to know your specific house and neighborhood better than any mapJul 8ElectrekTesla leases 683,000 sq ft Austin building in Musk’s Texas sweepJul 8TeslaratiThe secret behind Tesla’s Cybercab Gold goes well beyond just the colorJul 6ElectrekTesla Cybercab: mass-producing a car it can’t sell or drive itselfJul 6TeslaratiTesla flexes how it will help the blind with CybercabJul 3TeslaratiTexas man charged in fatal Tesla crash where he blamed AutopilotJul 3ElectrekTesla maps a tiny Robotaxi zone in Miami while it still can’t scale Texas
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