96-474: The Tesla Fremont Factory is an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California , United States, operated by Tesla, Inc. The factory originally opened as General Motors' Fremont Assembly in 1962, and then was operated by New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc . (NUMMI), a joint venture of GM and Toyota from 1984. The joint venture ended when GM entered bankruptcy in 2009. In 2010, Toyota agreed to sell
192-535: A nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) cathode chemistry from Panasonic's factories in Japan. The 18650 is a commodity cell , previously used in laptops and other consumer electronics, which stands in contrast to every other electric vehicle manufacturer who use specialized large format Li-Ion cells. The Tesla Roadster (first generation) , which was built before Tesla moved into the Fremont facility, also used 18650 cells. For
288-659: A $ 535-million Department of Energy loan guarantee and the company built a $ 733 million state-of-the-art robotic facility, but in 2011 the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and laid-off 1,000 workers. Data storage company Seagate Technology , incorporated in the Republic of Ireland with executive offices in Cupertino, acquired the former Solyndra building, which serves as Seagate's headquarters since 2020. In 1956, five small, independent towns (Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San José, and Warm Springs) located between
384-516: A California judge ruled that the sexual harassment lawsuit could move to court, rejecting Tesla's request for closed-door arbitration. From 2014 to 2018, Tesla's Fremont Factory had three times as many Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations as the ten largest U.S. auto plants combined. An investigation by the Reveal podcast alleged that Tesla "failed to report some of its serious injuries on legally mandated reports" to downplay
480-506: A blanking machine. Additional cutting is also done using a laser cutter . A robot then transfers the aluminum sheet blanks into the tandem press lines where they are stamped into the various vehicle panels. The Schuler hydraulic stamping press line is the largest in North America and the 6th largest in the world. The presses use up to 11,000 ton-force to form the body panels; the upper section applies 1,400 tons of downward force and
576-671: A casting foundry in Lathrop in 2015 supporting the Fremont production, and leased 1.3 million sq ft of warehouses in nearby Livermore in 2017. In 2016, there were 4,500 parking spaces, and Tesla purchased a neighboring 25-acre site from Lennar . In August 2017, Tesla won approval from the Fremont City Council to double the size of the facility with about 4.6 million new square feet of space. Tesla also planned to expand production capacity five-fold to 500,000 vehicles per year by 2018, or 10,000 units per week. As of early 2019,
672-574: A city. Glenmoor Gardens, the largest subdivision in Fremont, was under construction in the area, by developers Ralph E. Cotter Jr., James R. Meyer, civil engineer Fred T. Duvall, and contractors James L. Reeder, and Robert H. Reeder. When the Glenmoor Gardens Homeowners Association (GGHA) was incorporated, in March 1953, there were no more than 75 houses in the subdivision. It was probably the first such organization in
768-517: A factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico , a central location for shipping. Construction was supposed to begin in April 2007, but was canceled. The company later announced a greenfield factory would be built in nearby San Jose, California . However, the cost of both projects was prohibitive, and the company looked for alternatives. An opportunity presented itself in 2010, Toyota was looking to sell
864-402: A ferry. Realizing the financial opportunity of the area, the former slaves constructed the first building at the cross roads, a tavern with an inn. This tavern was later known as Dave's Saloon. This corner, today the intersection of Fremont and Washington Boulevards, Union and Bay Streets, is now commonly known as "Five Corners" or Irvington Square. Irvington Square's marker, Irvington Plaza park,
960-492: A holiday "train of lights", which is extremely popular – tickets for these trains typically sell out by early October. The Niles Canyon Railroad has a small but well-maintained collection of historic rail stock. Part of historic Niles is Mayhew Spring, also known as Mayhew's Sulphur Spring, which was owned by H.A. Meyhew and located 600 feet (180 m) north of the Niles railroad station. In September 1869, four months after
1056-584: A joint venture automotive assembly plant of Toyota and General Motors , and was renamed NUMMI . Toyota and NUMMI shut down its operations in early 2010. Part of the plant was acquired in June 2010 by Tesla Motors as its primary production plant, known as the Tesla Factory . Solyndra , a solar panel manufacturer, was promoted in 2010 by President Barack Obama as a model for government investment in green technology after his administration approved
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#17327829005381152-422: A laboratory, and the production environment is cleaner and quieter than at NUMMI. Union Pacific Railroad had tracks running into the plant which had been used during NUMMI-era to carry finished cars. All rail connections were subsequently removed, with the sidings used for more factory facilities. In July 2013, Tesla acquired an adjacent 35-acre property from Union Pacific Railroad for a test track. Tesla built
1248-467: A lift. Placing the battery pack under the cabin floor adds strength and rigidity to the car and lowers the vehicle's center of gravity to 18 inches (46 cm). A titanium plate is installed under the battery pack which protects it in the event of a high-speed collision and to protect from road debris . In 2021, seven women came forward with claims of having faced sexual harassment and discrimination while working at Tesla's Fremont factory. They accused
1344-462: A long time was the only high school in the area and American High School established in 1972. It also has two junior high schools, Centerville Junior High School and Thornton Junior High School, which now stands on the old main site of the Freitas ranch. The former town of Niles is physically divided from other parts of Fremont and neighboring Union City by Mission Boulevard ( State Route 238 ) to
1440-510: A patch of unincorporated land between Mowry Avenue and Stevenson Blvd; Land which is now occupied by Newpark Mall and the surrounding plazas. Since incorporation, Fremont has created six more districts, which it calls "community plan areas" for planning purposes. These include Central, North Fremont, South Fremont, and Bayside. The two other districts, Baylands and the Hill Areas, are primarily open space. The area consisting of Fremont and
1536-595: A trail through Mission Pass for reaching the Pacific coast and to take possession of California from Mexico for the United States. The Fremont area grew rapidly at the time of the California Gold Rush . A town called Mission San José grew up around the old mission, with its own post office from 1850. Agriculture dominated the economy with grapes, nursery plants and olives as leading crops. In 1868
1632-494: Is a re-construction (dedicated in 1985 for daily Mass and tours) of the original 1809 adobe church that was destroyed by the 1868 Hayward-fault earthquake. One side of the original mission quadrangle remains and houses a museum. Mission San Jose is located at 37°31′59″N 121°55′13″W / 37.53306°N 121.92028°W / 37.53306; -121.92028 ( Mission San Jose ) ; and lies at an elevation of 305 feet (93 m). The former town of Warm Springs
1728-572: Is an open land district that forms the eastern edge of Fremont. It is the site of Mission Peak . Fremont has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen : Csb ) typical of the San Francisco Bay Area. This climate features warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Like nearby San Jose, precipitation is fairly low (about 17 inches per year) because the city lies in the rain shadow of the Santa Cruz Mountains to
1824-525: Is located at 37°31′22″N 121°58′18″W / 37.52278°N 121.97167°W / 37.52278; -121.97167 ( Irvington Square ) . The inn and several of the other original buildings were demolished by the city of Fremont in the early 1980s. In 1871 Washington College , the first industrial educational institution in California was established in Washington township near
1920-671: Is located on Rancho Agua Caliente and is so named for the springs that are located there. In early times, there was a settlement called Harrisburgh (also, Harrisburg and Peacock's) a short distance east from the small settlement of Warm Springs. A post office opened in Harrisburgh in 1865 and changed its name to Warm Springs in 1885. The name Harrisburgh commemorated Abram Harris, who settled there in 1858. The name Peacock's commemorated George W. Peacock, its first postmaster. The post office name changed to Warmsprings in 1895 and reverted to Warm Springs in 1950. The Warm Springs district
2016-991: Is named after John C. Frémont , a general who helped lead the American Conquest of California from Mexico and later served as Military Governor of California and then U.S. Senator . The recorded history of the Fremont area began on June 6, 1797, when Mission San José was founded by the Spaniard Father Fermín de Lasuén . The Mission was established at the site of the Ohlone village of Oroysom. The tribe lived between present-day San Francisco and Monterey and more lands eastward. They lived in dome-shaped shelters made out of redwood bark or woven tule. They were primarily hunter-gatherers; men hunted and trapped waterfowl, rabbits, deer, elk, and bears, whilst women gathered nuts, berries, and root vegetables. The Ohlone tribe lived beside rivers and estuaries because of
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#17327829005382112-601: Is sandwiched between the Irvington and Warm Springs community plan areas. It is noted as the site of the Tesla Factory as well as the site of the Warm Springs / South Fremont BART station . In 2022, a pedestrian bridge was built from the BART station to Lopes Court. It cost $ 41 million. Bayside Industrial is a primarily industrial and commercial district, west of Interstate 880 between Newark and Milpitas. Hill Area
2208-731: Is surrounded by the Centerville, Niles, Mission San Jose, and Irvington communities. The central district contains retail shopping centers (e.g., the Fremont Hub ), the Fremont Bay Area Rapid Transit station, health care centers and Central Park (Lake Elizabeth) . City planners envisioned and have begun to develop a mid-density, pedestrian friendly, transit oriented development, bounded by Mowry Ave, Fremont Blvd, Walnut Ave, and Paseo Padre Pkwy referred to as Downtown Fremont. To support enhanced access, one of
2304-524: Is the southernmost portion of Fremont whose hub is the Warm Springs and Mission Boulevard intersection. It is located at 37°29′14″N 121°55′45″W / 37.48722°N 121.92917°W / 37.48722; -121.92917 ( Warm Springs ) , and lies at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m). Warm Springs has attracted the headquarters of many high-tech companies including Nielsen Norman Group , Lam Research , Corsair and Lexar of
2400-524: The COVID-19 pandemic , Tesla implemented virus mitigation efforts in its Shanghai and Fremont factories. Shanghai resumed production on February 10, while the Fremont and New York factories were to reduce activity by March 24. On May 9, Tesla sued Alameda County in order to force the reopening of the Fremont Factory. Tesla told its employees that it had received approval to restart production in
2496-663: The Central Pacific Railroad 's Niles junction and station, opened in April 1870 as part of the First transcontinental railroad and named after their railroad attorney and stockholder Addison Niles , who became associate justice on the California Supreme Court two years later. A post office was opened at Niles on Vallejo Street in 1873. Niles was the West Coast home (1912–1916) of one of
2592-540: The San Francisco Bay Area . Tesla's dashboard supplier SAS rents a 142,188-square-foot building near the factory, beginning in January 2017 with 200 employees. Other suppliers that have opened facilities in the area to be close to Tesla include Eclipse Automation and Futuris Automotive Group. Tesla produces many of its seats at its own seat factory a few miles south of the main factory. In 2020, due to
2688-763: The 1980s to the late 1990s, especially in the Warm Springs District, caused rapid development in the city and linked the city with the Silicon Valley . The Apple factory where the first Mac computer was manufactured was located in Fremont; production ceased in 1993. Other semiconductor and telecommunications firms soon opened in the city, including Cirrus Logic , Asyst Technologies, Mattson Technology, Lam Research , Premisys Communications, and Nextlink California. Approximately 750 high tech companies had offices, headquarters or production facilities in Fremont by 1999. These firms included fifteen of
2784-639: The 6.8-magnitude Hayward earthquake on the Hayward Fault collapsed buildings throughout the Fremont area, ruining Mission San José and its outbuildings. Until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake caused its destruction, the Fremont area's Palmdale Winery was the largest in California. The ruins of the Palmdale Winery are still visible near the Five Corners in Irvington at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Osgood. From 1912 to 1915,
2880-680: The Americas and convert the Native Americans to Catholicism. The Ohlone people weren't intimidated by the Franciscan priests, who welcomed them into their missions to live and work. Before missions, the Natives used tools made of stone, animal bones, and wood. The missionaries taught them how to make metal tools and weapons and priests also showed them how to make adobe bricks. The bricks were then used to build missions rather than for
2976-584: The Central District described below). This Irvington community plan area includes the Sundale neighborhood, the South Sundale neighborhood, 28 Palms, Blacow, and Grimmer subdivisions. The area is served by three high schools: Irvington High School , Robertson High School , and John F. Kennedy High School . The Irvingtonian period of North American mammals is named for this district due to
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3072-715: The East Bay rolling hills and the San Francisco Bay were annexed into a single new, incorporated city called Fremont. Six decades later, these places have greatly expanded, are no longer separate communities, and are considered districts or community plan areas of the City of Fremont. The town of Newark was originally slated to join the annex, but ultimately its voters declined since Newark representatives suspected that they would become an industrial district; Newark became its own incorporated city in 1955. Later, Newark annexed
3168-540: The Fremont Factory using battery cells from Japan. Battery cells for the Model 3 and Y are made on-site at Tesla's Gigafactory Nevada and assembled into battery packs before being shipped to Fremont. Both battery pack types are liquid-cooled and contain an intumescent fire prevention chemical. The battery packs for the Model S and X contain thousands of 18650 -type cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells with nickel-cobalt-aluminum cathodes . Tesla sources these batteries with
3264-816: The Fremont Factory, it was preparing to build the Tesla Model S , a full-sized luxury sedan. Previously the company had assembled its Roadster in an old Chevrolet dealership in Menlo Park. However the Roadster bodies came to California as gliders after being built by Lotus Cars in England. To learn the skills necessary to create vehicles from scratch, in 2010, Tesla started hand-assembly of 20 Model S vehicles at its "alpha workshop" inside its Palo Alto headquarters building. In 2011, Tesla transitioned to 50 "beta builds", production-validation vehicles built entirely at
3360-732: The Fremont Factory. These cars would also be used for system integration, engineering testing, and federal crash-testing and certification. Tesla expected to produce about 5,000 Model S sedans in 2012, with production ramping up to 20,000 in 2013 if necessary. The first retail delivery of the Model S took place during a special event held at the Tesla Factory on June 22, 2012. Production grew from 15 to 20 cars completed/week in August 2012 to over 200 by November 5 and 400 by late December. In late December Tesla revised their 2012 delivery projections down to 2,500 cars. Deliveries reached 6,892 units in
3456-428: The Fremont area; in its scope and structure. The five-member board of directors (which included James Meyer and James Reeder) was set up to oversee a full range of services, from police and fire protection to street maintenance (which later became the purview of the city government). Fremont became more industrialized between 1953 and 1962. The first Fremont post office opened in 1956. A boom in high-tech employment in
3552-827: The Lakes and Birds neighborhood, and the Northgate neighborhood. It is the site of the Ardenwood Historic Farm , which has the George Washington Patterson House as one of its highlights, and the Ardenwood Technology Park. A 99 Ranch Market is one of many Asian businesses in the North Fremont District. Thornton Junior High School and American High School , which are both physically located in
3648-516: The Mexican government enacted secularization . José de Jesus Vallejo , brother of Mariano Vallejo , was the grantee of the Rancho Arroyo de la Alameda Mexican land grant . His family was influential in the Fremont area in the late colonial era and owned and built a flour mill at the mouth of Niles Canyon . In 1846 the town's namesake John C. Frémont led a military expedition to map
3744-539: The Model 3 and Y, Tesla uses larger 2170-type cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells. The larger size was optimized for electric cars, allowing for a higher capacity per cell and a lower number of cells per battery pack. Tesla sources these batteries with an NCA cathode chemistry from Panasonic's production line at Gigafactory Nevada. Tesla makes extensive use of aluminum in vehicle body production. The Fremont Factory takes delivery of large aluminum coils from suppliers, unwinds them, then flattens and cuts them into sheets in
3840-523: The Model 3 production preparation was on schedule for the second half of 2017. On August 3, 2016, Tesla announced that it was consistently producing 2,000 vehicles per week at the end of Q2 2016. About 2,500 workers operate the day shift and 2,000 attend the night shift . Tesla makes many parts itself, which is unusual in the auto business. Tesla also works with 300 suppliers around the world, of which 50 are in Northern California, and 10 in
3936-563: The Model S and X to the mass production of Model 3 is viewed by experts as a significant step. Tesla stated in May 2016 that it does not have that capability and needs to acquire it, which it partly did with the acquisition of Grohmann Automation in 2016 and purchase of mass production equipment. Whereas the Roadster was delayed by 9 months, the Model S more than six months, and the Model X more than 18 months, analysts estimated in December 2016 that
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4032-553: The NUMMI plant in Fremont. NUMMI had been operated as a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors from 1984 until GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009 . NUMMI yearly production peaked at 428,633 vehicles in 2006. Prior to NUMMI, the facility was the GM Fremont Assembly from 1962 to 1982. Efforts were made in 2009 to keep the facility in use: the state offered incentives to Toyota, other automakers including Tesla toured
4128-486: The NUMMI plant were planned to be modified to support Tesla vehicle production. For example, the passenger vehicle paint equipment was to be extensively modified through late 2011; converted from solvents to BASF water-based paint. Two paint lines (one car body, one component) were constructed from 2015. By 2014, half of the factory area was in use. The floors, walls and ceiling are painted white with skylights and high-efficiency lighting to create an environment similar to
4224-441: The Niles section of the Fremont area was the earliest home of California's motion picture industry (see Essanay Studios ). Charlie Chaplin filmed several movies in the Fremont area, most notably The Tramp . Fremont was incorporated in 1956 under the leadership of Wally Pond, chair of the incorporation committee, when five towns in the area, Irvington, Centerville, Mission San José, Niles, and Warm Springs, came together to form
4320-742: The Tesla Model S took place during a special event at the factory on June 22, 2012. The plant is located in the South Fremont District next to the Mud Slough between the Warm Springs BART station and the California State Route 262 connecting Interstate 880 and Interstate 680. Tesla only purchased 210 of the 370 acres owned by NUMMI. When Tesla first moved into the plant, it was about 10 times
4416-518: The US as well as foreign high-tech companies such as Elitegroup Computer Systems , and Asus . The district is also home to blue-collar industry. The San Jose mission is also present. Warm Springs also serves as commercial center for the mainly residential Mission San Jose district, especially since the construction of Pacific Commons , a large, modern regional shopping center. The Oakland Athletics talked about moving their stadium to this area. Warm Springs
4512-491: The agreement, Toyota would also purchase $ 50 million of common stock when Tesla held its IPO the next month. In exchange, Tesla agreed to partner with Toyota on the "development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support." Under the agreement, Tesla would go on to create the electric powertrain for the second-generation Toyota RAV4 EV . The two companies would later end their partnership in 2017. On April 1, 2010, NUMMI produced its last car. All of
4608-402: The assembly line, body panels are welded together. The assembly line moves at a speed of 5 cm /s. The car is raised and the drive unit is installed into the rear axle assembly. The drive unit provides power directly to the wheels without a drive shaft . The battery pack weighs almost 1,200 pounds (540 kg) and is delivered to the installation area and is raised into the car using
4704-500: The assembly process. The alternating current induction motor used in vehicles are built by Tesla. The motors used in the Model S and X are built in-house at the Fremont Factory. The motors used in the Model 3 and Model Y are built at Tesla's Gigafactory Nevada and shipped to Fremont. The main components of the motor are the stator and rotor . The motor construction begins when a robot unspools and winds over 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) of copper wire per motor. It then pulls
4800-613: The battery into alternating current for the motor to use. The motor then undergoes a series of automated tests taking 4 minutes to ensure correct function, and then is moved to the general assembly area to be installed into the car. The power inverter is constructed from metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) power transistors . Early Tesla vehicles used MOS-controlled insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), which have been replaced by silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs ( MOS field-effect transistors ) in later Tesla vehicles since 2018. The Model S and X battery packs are assembled in-house at
4896-613: The central streets, the Capital Avenue extension to Fremont Blvd, was completed in 2016, as the city pursues its plans for a Downtown Fremont. Most of Fremont is part of the Laguna Creek Watershed . North Fremont is a primarily residential district surrounded by Union City , Centerville District , Newark , and Coyote Hills Regional Park . It is a growing community that includes the Ardenwood neighborhood,
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#17327829005384992-613: The cities of Newark and Union City is known collectively as the Tri-City Area (different from the adjacent Tri-Valley area encompassing Pleasanton , Dublin , and Livermore ). Centerville was formerly the main town in Washington Township . Centerville is located at 37°33′15″N 121°59′57″W / 37.55417°N 121.99917°W / 37.55417; -121.99917 ( Centerville ) . It lies at an elevation of 52 feet (16 m). Centerville
5088-506: The company of facilitating a culture of rampant sexual harassment. The women said they were consistently subjected to catcalling, unwanted advances, unwanted touching, and discrimination while at work. "I was so tired of the unwanted attention and the males gawking at me I proceeded to create barriers around me just so I could get some relief," Brooks told The Washington Post . "That was something I felt necessary just so I can do my job." Stories range from intimate groping to being called out to
5184-467: The copper wire into a stack. The motor has three phases and so requires three coils of copper. A worker then lengthens and straightens each bundle of wire and inserts a hydraulic lift to transfer the motor to the next station. A worker insulates each bundle of copper wire in a plastic sleeve to prevent the bundles from touching one another. The ends of the bundles are then snipped to the correct length. Lugs are added and crimped to form attachment points for
5280-475: The crossroads. As a result, the US Postal Service established a post office called Washington Corners at the college in 1870, which became the name of the settlement on the 1878 Alameda County map of Washington Township. In 1884, realizing the need for a proper town name, local inhabitants selected the name of Irving. The name was chosen in honor of Judge Irving, the local traveling circuit judge of
5376-549: The early housing stood along Fremont Blvd from Decoto Road south to Washington High school, along Thornton Ave from Fremont Blvd west to the Newark city border, and along Peralta Blvd from Fremont Blvd to Niles. For city planning purposes, Centerville was enlarged to encompass most of the north central residential section of Fremont, from Mowry Ave to Decoto Rd, from I-880 to the BART line. This Centerville community plan area includes
5472-551: The early settlers that contributed greatly to the growth of Centerville. Early Centerville was a quiet farming community, which consisted of large Spanish land grants divided into smaller farms. The Freitas Ranch on Thornton Ave was probably the largest of the working farms. There were acres of apricot along with other fruit and nut orchards and large fields of various types of fresh produce. After President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 , which authorized military commanders to exclude "any or all persons" from certain areas in
5568-844: The east and north, Alameda Creek to the south, Union Pacific Railroad to the west and southeast, and the Quarry Lakes to the southwest. The hills of Niles are lower than those of the area south of the Alameda Creek in Mission San Jose. Old Town Niles features its own library, post office, and silent movie theater as well as a large number of antique and craft stores. Niles is located at 37°34′44″N 121°58′40″W / 37.57889°N 121.97778°W / 37.57889; -121.97778 ( Niles District ) . It lies at an elevation of 112 feet (34 m). The community, once called Vallejo Mills , got its name from
5664-475: The enlarged Centerville District , also serve as the junior high and high school, respectively, for this community. South Fremont is a primarily industrial district, east of Interstate 880 and west of Interstate 680, south of Auto Mall Parkway and north of Brown Rd. The area overlaps with Warm Springs, with which it shares the eponymous BART station. The composition of the area will change, because thousands of residential units were under construction as of 2016. It
5760-634: The extent of injuries. Fremont, California Fremont ( / ˈ f r iː m ɒ n t / ) is a city in Alameda County, California , United States. Located in the East Bay region of the Bay Area , Fremont has a population of 230,504 as of 2020, making it the fourth most populous city in the Bay Area , behind San Jose , San Francisco , and Oakland . It is the closest East Bay city to
5856-419: The facility has 511,000 m (5,500,000 sq ft) of floor space. Tesla started production with 1,000 workers. By 2013, this had risen to 3,000, and to 6,000 people in June 2016. In 2016, preparing for Model 3 production, Tesla planned to increase their work force to about 9,000 people. In fall of 2017, Tesla employed some 10,000 at the Fremont plant, a number still being shared in June 2018. As of 2022,
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#17327829005385952-399: The facility, and a stadium was considered, but none of them succeeded . In 2010 the mayor of Fremont viewed the site as dead. During its 2009 tour, Tesla initially dismissed the NUMMI site for being too big and costly for the then fledgling automaker. However, the company was able to reach a deal with Toyota to pay $ 42 million for most of the site, significantly under market value. As part of
6048-401: The factory employed about 22,000 people. In addition to Tesla employees, the company uses contractors for various functions. In May 2018, Elon Musk, in an apparent goal of reducing dead weight and raising efficiency and quality within its operation, decided to cut contractors and sub-contractors, ordering staff to justify and personally vouch for contractors worth keeping. When Tesla purchased
6144-502: The factory equipment was sold off equipment at an auction, with robots and tooling being purchased by Toyota's plants in Kentucky, Texas and Mississippi. NUMMI sold some equipment to Tesla for $ 15 million, a significant discount compared to new equipment. Tesla officially took possession of the site on October 19, 2010, and started work inside on October 27. The state of California awarded Tesla $ 15 million in tax credits if employment and investment goals were met. The first retail delivery of
6240-671: The famous golden spike ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah, the Central Pacific Railroad completed the transcontinental rail link between Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay, with trains switching at the San Jose junction in the canyon. Central Pacific then built a junction in the valley and opened it in April 1870 as Niles. Also part of Niles is 1909 Niles Junction built by the Western Pacific Railroad , located at 37°34′35″N 121°58′17″W / 37.57639°N 121.97139°W / 37.57639; -121.97139 ( Niles Junction WPRR ) and situated at an elevation of 79 ft (24 m). The Irvington District area, once
6336-568: The first motion picture companies, Essanay Studios . Charlie Chaplin and Broncho Billy Anderson filmed some of their most famous silent movies in Niles and the scenic Niles Canyon that stretches between Niles and Sunol . The nonprofit Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum offers both artifacts of Niles' early years and, each Saturday evening, screenings of early-twentieth-century silent films, many of which were filmed locally. The Niles Canyon Railway runs along Alameda Creek in Niles Canyon and carries passengers on weekend excursions, including
6432-429: The fossil sequence excavated here. At the time of the California Gold Rush, a boom town grew up around the old Mission, to equip and transport 49ers overland to the gold fields. A post office was opened at Mission San Jose in 1850. The district, like Niles, is surrounded by hills. The hills are higher and steeper than Niles, with the highest points being on the Mission Ridge . Mission San Jose district lies close to
6528-405: The high-tech Silicon Valley network of businesses, and has a strong tech industry presence. The city's origins lie in the community that arose around Mission San José , founded in 1797 by the Spanish under Padre Fermín Lasuén . Fremont was incorporated on January 23, 1956, when the former towns of Mission San José, Centerville, Niles, Irvington, and Warm Springs unified into one city. Fremont
6624-415: The highest concentration of Asian Americans in Fremont – over 50% of the population as of the 2000 census . The local high school is Mission San Jose High School , ranked 67 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The median family income for the Mission San Jose area ( ZIP code 94539) exceeded $ 114,595 in 2005. Owing to an influx of professionals and other affluent families seeking access to
6720-458: The last three months of 2013. In December 2013, California announced it would give Tesla a US$ 34.7 million tax break to expand production by an estimated 35,000 vehicles annually from its Fremont, California plant. Tesla announced that production was expected to climb from 600 cars per week in early 2014 to about 1,000 units per week by year-end. Tesla produced 7,535 units during the first quarter of 2014 and expected to produce 8,500 to 9,000 cars in
6816-456: The lawsuits is just a shocking pattern of rampant harassment that exists at Tesla," said attorney David A. Lowe. In 2017, another woman had accused Tesla of very similar behavior and was subsequently fired. In a statement to the Guardian, Tesla confirmed the company had fired her, saying it had thoroughly investigated the employee's allegations with the help of "a neutral, third-party expert" and concluded her complaints were unmerited. In May 2022,
6912-672: The lower section provides 130 tons of force. The blank aluminum sheet is stretched over the lower draw die and openings are cut with robots transferring the panels between processes. In 2020, Tesla added an IDRA Giga Press to the factory, allowing the automaker to stamp out single-piece rear castings for the Model Y. The workers then inspect each panel to ensure correct pressing. The parts are then stacked in frames and stored. The machines press one part every 6 seconds and create 5,000 parts per day. Tesla operates five general assembly lines in Fremont. Two are dedicated to Model S and X production and three are dedicated to Model 3 and Y production. On
7008-411: The motor's three phases. A specialized automatic sewing machine then binds the coils together to keep them in place, the increased tightness of the binding provided by a robotic sewing machine increases the efficiency of the motor. The stator is then encased in a two part epoxy resin to help in evenly distributing the motor's heat. The stator is now complete and is inserted into a heated metal case, locking
7104-494: The name of national defense, the Western Defense Command began ordering Japanese Americans living on the West Coast to present themselves for "evacuation" from the newly created military zones. This included many Centerville farming families. Centerville was also a main stop for the early railways. This gave the local farmers a way to quickly get their produce to market. With the access to railway service there
7200-476: The natural resources like fish and shellfish. In warm weather, men wore mostly nothing; in the winter, they wore animal hide or feather capes. Other than the weather, ceremonies also decided what the Ohlone men wore. The women wore deerskin aprons over skirts made of tule or shredded bark. Until 1769, the tribe lived peacefully but Spanish soldiers and missionaries arrived in California to expand Spanish dominion in
7296-414: The next couple of years. Tesla is highly vertically integrated and develops many components for its vehicles in-house, including batteries and motors. This is in contrast to many traditional automakers, who outsource many manufacturing steps to outside suppliers. Design engineers also work at the factory itself, rather than a separate facility. Individual vehicles take between three and five days to complete
7392-447: The northern two peaks, Mission Peak and Mount Allison . Mission Peak is very distinctive and is one of Fremont's emblems. These peaks go from 2,517 to 2,604 ft (794 m), taller than Mount Tamalpais , a great height for the San Francisco Bay Area. They see some deep snow occasionally. Fremont's community college, Ohlone College , is situated one block away from the mission and serves over 12,000 students. Mission San Jose has
7488-483: The parking lot for sex. Women feared calling Human Resources for help as their supervisors were often participants. Musk himself is not indicted, but most of the women pressing charges believe their abuse is connected to the behavior of CEO Elon Musk. They cite his crude remarks about women's bodies, wisecracks about starting a university that abbreviated to "T.IT.S", and his generally dismissive attitude towards reporting sexual harassment. "What we're addressing for each of
7584-473: The plant to Tesla at a significant discount. The plant is the only production site for the Model S and Model X and also produces the Model 3 , and Model Y . In 2023, the Fremont Factory produced nearly 560,000 vehicles and employed over 20,000 people. Tesla says the factory has the capacity to produce up to 100,000 Model S and X vehicles and 550,000 Model 3 and Y vehicles annually. Tesla had planned to build
7680-457: The second quarter of 2014. As of early May 2014, the production rate was 700 cars per week. As of 2015, about 1,000 cars were made per week, mostly to pre-orders. Musk says they averaged around 20 changes to the S per week. Production of the Model X joined the Model S during 2015, following a short reconfiguration of the production line in July 2014. The first Model X that didn't need corrections
7776-413: The size the company needed and much of the activity at the site was concentrated inside the 5,500,000-square-foot (510,000 m) main final assembly building. In addition to the equipment Tesla purchased from NUMMI, the company also purchased a Schuler hydraulic stamping press from a Detroit-based auto industry supplier, worth $ 50 million new, for $ 6 million, including shipping costs. Various parts of
7872-731: The sprawling subdivisions, developed in the 1950s and 1960s, of Glenmoor Gardens , bounded by Central Avenue, Fremont Boulevard, Mowry Avenue, and the I-880 freeway. and the Cabrillo Park subdivision bound by Thornton Ave, Fremont Blvd, Decoto Road and the I-880 freeway. Also the Brookvale subdivisions, the Quarry Lakes Regional Park, and part of Parkmont. The area is served by two high schools, Washington High School (Fremont, California) established in 1892, which for
7968-416: The stator inside as the case cools. A worker uses a hoisting system to insert the rotor inside the stator completing the construction of the motor. A worker then installs the differential and other sections of the gearbox, attaching it together using bolts. An air leak test is then conducted. The three-phase tri-pole power inverter is then installed onto the top of the motor to convert direct current from
8064-456: The time. Later, when the railroad came through the area, the published train schedule pamphlets erroneously listed the Irving train depot as "Irvington." The town petitioned the railroad about the error. The railroad company notified the town that it was too costly for them to replace the train schedule pamphlets (over $ 100,000); and in 1887 following the recommendation, the people of Irving changed
8160-465: The top one hundred fastest-growing public companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and eighteen of the top fifty companies in the East Bay . The high-tech growth in Fremont continues today and is a major industry for the city. The General Motors automotive assembly plant in South Fremont was the town's largest employer, and Fremont was known for its drag strip. In the 1980s, the plant became
8256-552: The top-performing local public schools, Mission San Jose's median home value reached $ 831,000 in 2006, earning the community a rank of 237 on Forbes magazine's list of the 500 most affluent communities in the United States. Nestled at the base of Fremont's rolling hills is the Mission San José , one of the oldest of the Spanish missions in California , for which this district is named. The church building that exists today
8352-480: The town name to Irvington. The Irvington district has two main neighborhoods: Irvington Woods and the Irvington Square. The neighborhood is ethnically mixed and is primarily working class. For city planning purposes, the Irvington area was enlarged to encompass most of the south central residential section of Fremont, from Auto Mall Parkway to Mowry Avenue, from I-880 to roughly the BART line (excluding
8448-414: The town of Irving, has cycled through many name changes over time. In the early 1850s two emancipated black men were traveling with E.L. Beard through California, reputedly in search of a fortune. The former slaves noticed the busy traffic at the crossroads of what is today the "Five Corners" intersection. Although now gone, there were two embarcaderos (water crossings) at this area. One of these crossings had
8544-471: The tribe to utilize. The Spaniards brought cattle, pigs and sheep and encouraged the Ohlone to give up hunting and gathering to try farming and ranching instead. Living in the missions meant Ohlone people were forced into converting to Christianity and told to forget the superstitious beliefs that connected them to nature. Along with that, overpopulation caused food shortages and the Spanish brought diseases to
8640-552: The tribe, causing a lot of deaths and trouble that made an impact on a lot of lives. On their second day in the area, the Mission party killed a grizzly bear in Niles Canyon . The first English-speaking visitor to Fremont was the renowned trapper and explorer Jedediah Smith in 1827. The Mission prospered, eventually reaching a population of 1,887 inhabitants in 1831. The influence of the missionaries declined after 1834 when
8736-452: The week beginning May 18, and the lawsuit was dropped on May 20. As other US factories reduced production during the COVID pandemic, the Fremont factory became the plant with the highest weekly production in North America at the end of 2021. Elon Musk announced at the 2021 Shareholder Meeting, October 7, 2021, that Tesla hoped to increase the production capacity at the Fremont Factory by 50% in
8832-421: The west. The highest temperature recorded was 110 °F (43 °C) on September 6, 2022. The lowest temperature recorded was 21 °F (−6 °C) on December 23, 1990. According to the 2020 census estimate, the median income for a household in the city is $ 142,374. Males have a median household income of $ 59,274 versus $ 40,625 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 31,411. About 4.5% of
8928-500: Was home to one of the SF Bay Area 's only two coffee houses to employ baristas who wear bikinis, Your Coffee Cups, a concept that's gained some controversy from Bay Area newspapers and news stations. This controversy led to the eventual closing of the business. The BART extension to Warm Springs began construction in 2009 and Warm Springs/South Fremont station opened for service on March 25, 2017. The central district
9024-526: Was made in April 2016. Tesla moved some of the equipment to their Tilburg final assembly plant in the Netherlands in 2015. On July 2, 2015, Tesla announced that it had delivered a total of 21,537 vehicles in the first half of 2015. All vehicles were manufactured at the Fremont plant. In May 2016 Tesla raised $ 1.46 billion in stock, of which $ 1.26 billion is to prepare production of the Model 3 scheduled for late 2017. Changing from serially producing
9120-399: Was once a large cannery on Baine Ave. west of Fremont Ave. (now Peralta) next to the tracks. In 1959, the cannery was destroyed in the largest fire in Fremont's history. The fire lasted for two days, and effectively put an end to what had been the largest employer in Centerville at the time. The cannery was never rebuilt. Housing developments began to appear in the area after WWII. Most of
9216-530: Was started by George Lloyd who started selling cold beer to stage passengers from a tent in 1850. Capt. George Bond set up a general store and the name Centerville was chosen. The post office opened Centreville post office in 1855 and changed the spelling to Centerville in 1893. The Centerville Pioneer Cemetery contains the burial places of many of the city's founding pioneers. Centerville can be traced back to its native American roots. Spanish, Mexican, Italian, Portuguese and Swiss (Swiss Park), peoples were among
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