“I think it is worth noting that we — and as the internet has observed, we’ve been making quite a few cars in Texas and Berlin, so — in Austin and Berlin.”
“So, in Texas, we’re building the Model Ys with the structural battery pack and the 4680 cells, and we’ll start delivering after final certification of the vehicle, which should be fairly soon.”
“Capacity expansion will continue through maximizing output of each factory and building new factories and new locations in the future.”
Although we’re not ready to announce any new locations on this call, we will get through 2022. Look at new locations. And probably be able to announce new locations toward the end of this year, I expect,” Musk added.
Tesla to focus on production increase
Even though Tesla already leads production over its rivals, it plans to take an even wider lead in 2022.
“We do expect significant growth in 2022 over 2021, you know, comfortably above 50% growth in 2022,” he said.
Growing capacity despite the supply chain issues were brought up.