gigafactory

giga- +‎ factory; coined by Elon Musk's Tesla Motors in 2013.

gigafactory (plural gigafactories)

1. (slang) A very large manufacturing facility.
   1. (slang) A factory producing electric batteries at a large scale.
      • 2013, Dana Hull, “Tesla Motors may make its own batteries”, in San Jose Mercury News:

        “The main constraint on our production is really the cells,” Musk explained. “We are not quite ready to make a big announcement on the cell and battery giga factory, but we are exploring a lot of these options right now.”

      • 2014, Charles Fleming, “Tesla Motors picks Nevada for planned $5-billion battery factory site”, in Los Angeles Times:

        Tesla Motors has chosen Nevada for its proposed $5-billion gigafactory battery plant, which it says will drive down the cost of its cars.

      • 2015, Myles Udland, “Tesla's new gigafactory will highlight the 2 biggest labor trends in America”, in Business Insider:

        Tesla is building a massive gigafactory in northern Nevada.

      • 2016, Lydia DePillis, “At Tesla’s gigafactory, a larger battle over worker pay”, in Washington Post:

        Koch thinks the gigafactory should be hiring more people from the community, whether there are incentives or not. But would the Nevadans compromise a bit on wages in order to at least have a job?

      • 2017, Anna Hirtenstein, “Daimler's battery gigafactory begins Europe challenge to Tesla”, in Bloomberg:

        The factory marks the arrival of battery-making gigafactories in Europe that will challenge Tesla, which is building at a plant in Nevada, and opens the way for a quicker shift toward green power for both cars and utilities.