Tesla's Fremont factory has produced 3.56 million electric cars since 2012
- The NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.) factory located in Fremont, California, was the result of agreements between the GM group and the Toyota group who had decided in the early 1980s to jointly produce vehicles in this factory. It was in 1984 that this factory started its vehicle assembly activity.
- Previously, this Fremont factory had belonged entirely to the GM group, but it had experienced many problems and had to be closed in 1982.
- The wish of Ronald Reagan, who became President of the United States in January 1981, to relaunch the American automobile industry on new bases with the help of Japanese carmakers, with the possibility of creating joint ventures with them and encouraging the Japanese to build their compact cars on American soil, had led the Big Three (GM, Ford, Chrysler) to begin negotiations with them from 1982-1984 (GM with Toyota and Suzuki, Ford with Mazda, Chrysler with Mitsubishi).
- The NUMMI factory created on new bases (integrating the Toyota production system as well as new assembly lines) was born in 1984 from negotiations between GM and Toyota. This experience lasted until 2010, when the GM and Toyota groups continued their path independently of each other. The Fremont factory therefore closed a second time in 2010, before Tesla bought it shortly after. Production of Tesla electric cars begins in 2012. At the end of September 2024, the cumulative volume stands at 3.56 million Tesla vehicles assembled in this factory, including 1.76 million Model 3, 1.06 million Model Y, 480,000 Model S and 265,000 Model X.