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Elon Musk has said Tesla's Austin and Berlin gigafactories are losing billions of dollars due to low production and high expenses.

In an interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the struggles of owning a car company and how factories can be 'money furnaces'.

Tesla's massive Gigafactory in Germany is another step closer to reality, with approval from local officials provided on Friday.

The court has stopped all work on Tesla's German-based Gigafactory over environmental concerns.

Elon Musk has asked if a gigafactory should be built in Texas, the answer won't surprise you.

Tesla announces plans to built its next Gigafactory 4 in Germany.

Tesla plans to finish the factory around 2020, and when they do, the Gigafactory 1 should be the largest building on earth by footprint.

Thanks to Planet's constellation of satellites, we can now see how the Gigafactory grew over the last year.

The factories won't only produce battery cells and battery packs; they would combine both the production of batteries and complete cars.

Tesla expects that Gigafactory 1 will reduce the production cost for their electric vehicle battery, Powerwall and Powerpack battery packs by 30%

Netherlands is in a good position since Tesla Motors has already chosen Amsterdam for their European headquarters.

This development should also boost the numbers of production capacity.

It looks like Tesla is busy finishing what is going to be world's largest building by physical area once done.

Musk said they did a calculation to see what would it take to transition the entire world to sustainable energy.

The event will be the first one held at Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada after its grand-opening on July 29th.

Tesla's gigafactory teased from new satellite images, with the secretive battery production facility being built in the Nevada desert.