Tesla's Nevada Battery Factory (Photo : Reuters)
Tesla Motors Inc. has disclosed that its $5 billion battery plant in Nevada is right on track amid the reports that the electric car maker's current project is delayed. The Reno Gazette Journal reported that the construction of the factory is having delays citing two union job postings on Friday.
Tesla Motor's spokeswoman Alexis Georgeson explained to Reuters that their plant construction project is progressing and the giga-factory is very much on schedule. She also mentioned that Tesla is the acting project manager for the plant construction and is working together with a number of companies and several unions.
"The project is progressing and the gigafactory is on schedule," Tesla spokeswoman Alexis Georgeson told Reuters.
The job posting for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has updated its "Project Tiger" listing which tells that there is a change in demand for electricians as reported by Reno Gazette-Journal.
"The Tiger project has been cut back by 80 percent at this time," the newspaper quoted the IBEW post as saying. "This is all subject to change."
The factory which would cost around $5 billion is to double the world's supply of lithium-ion batteries which will drive costs down and makes the electric cars more affordable. The battery packs made will initially be used in the Model S sedan and the upcoming Model X SUV, while the more affordable Model 3 is for stationary-storage applications, Bloomberg reported.
Tesla is hiring more workers to build the electricity storage plant since according to its study, "it will be a multi-billion dollar per year one in the near term."
The electric plant is forecasted to employ some 6500 people and the Nevada citizens and veterans will be prioritized and will get a pay of $25 per hour.
The 5 million square foot plant is to put some 3000 workers in its peak construction and thus being built in phases.
