????特斯拉汽車公司（Tesla Motors）銷量龐大的第三代電動(dòng)汽車要想取得成功,，關(guān)鍵將主要取決于它計(jì)劃斥資50億美元興建的鋰電池生產(chǎn)工廠能夠迅速完工,。

????有鑒于此，電動(dòng)汽車制造商特斯拉計(jì)劃同時(shí)完成至少兩個(gè)場(chǎng)地的施工前準(zhǔn)備工作,，直至工廠破土動(dòng)工,。

????特斯拉溝通行銷部副總裁西蒙?斯普洛爾說(shuō)：“時(shí)機(jī)是我們面臨的關(guān)鍵問(wèn)題。時(shí)機(jī)是任何延期的保險(xiǎn),?！?/p>

????特斯拉只有三年時(shí)間完成場(chǎng)地評(píng)估，與其選擇的州或城市談判達(dá)成可贏利的激勵(lì)方案,，完成設(shè)計(jì)和批準(zhǔn)手續(xù),，建設(shè)工廠，安裝設(shè)備和批量生產(chǎn),。鑒于所謂的超級(jí)工廠（Gigafactory）的規(guī)模,、物流以及公司需要解決的監(jiān)管障礙，時(shí)間都顯得過(guò)于緊迫,。

????2月26日,，特斯拉首次發(fā)布了超級(jí)工廠的詳細(xì)信息。它的設(shè)計(jì)目標(biāo)是：到2020年,，鋰電池年生產(chǎn)能力將超過(guò)2013年的全球生產(chǎn)能力。特斯拉估計(jì),，超級(jí)工廠的年生產(chǎn)能力將達(dá)到50千兆瓦時(shí),，生產(chǎn)的鋰電池將用于S型豪華轎車以及為大規(guī)模市場(chǎng)開發(fā)的價(jià)格較低的第三代汽車。據(jù)特斯拉估計(jì),，到2020年,，超級(jí)工廠生產(chǎn)的電池將每年滿足50萬(wàn)輛電動(dòng)汽車的供電需求。

????斯普洛爾稱：“超級(jí)工廠對(duì)特斯拉公司的增長(zhǎng)極為關(guān)鍵,。因此,，與整個(gè)業(yè)務(wù)計(jì)劃中的其他要素一樣，時(shí)間對(duì)我們而言至關(guān)重要,?！?/p>

????到2017年（批量生產(chǎn)的第一年）年末，超級(jí)工廠有望使單位千瓦時(shí)的鋰電池組成本降低30%以上。這個(gè)成本降低有助于實(shí)現(xiàn)CEO埃隆?穆斯克提出的計(jì)劃,，將汽車售價(jià)在S型豪華轎車售價(jià)基礎(chǔ)上降低50%,。目前，S型豪華轎車的起售價(jià)為7萬(wàn)美元,。

????特斯拉起初表示,，它把位于亞利桑那州、德克薩斯州,、新墨西哥州和內(nèi)華達(dá)州的四個(gè)面積在500至1,000英畝（約合404畝）的地塊視為雇傭約6,500名工人的超級(jí)工廠潛在的廠址,。

????For Tesla Motors (TSLA), the success of its mass-market third-generation electric car hinges largely on the swift completion of its proposed $5 billion lithium-ion battery factory.

????So much so that the electric automaker plans to go through the entire pre-construction process, all the way to breaking ground, in at least two locations simultaneously.

????"The critical path for us is timing," said Simon Sproule, vice president of communications for Tesla. "This is an insurance policy for any delays."

????The company has three years to complete its site review, negotiate a lucrative incentives package with whatever state and municipality it chooses, work through the design and approval process, build the factory, install equipment, and launch production. Considering the size and logistics of its so-called Gigafactory as well as the regulatory hurdles it will have to navigate, time is in short supply.

????On Feb. 26, the electric automaker revealed the first details for its Gigafactory, a massive facility that will be designed to produce more lithium-ion batteries annually by 2020 than were made worldwide in 2013. Tesla estimates that the plant will have the capacity to produce 50 gigawatt hours of battery packs a year, which will be used for its Model S luxury sedan and a cheaper third-generation vehicle intended for the mass market. By 2020, Tesla estimates the facility will be able to make enough batteries to supply 500,000 vehicles a year.

????"The Gigafactory is essential for our growth," Sproule said. "So timing is just as important to us as other components in the total business package."

????The factory is expected to reduce the per-kilowatt-hour cost of its lithium-ion battery packs by more than 30% by the end of 2017, the first year of volume production. That price decrease is necessary for CEO Elon Musk's bid to make a car 50% cheaper than its luxury Model S, which starts at $70,000.

????Tesla initially said it was evaluating 500- to 1,000-acre sites in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Nevada as four potential sites for the factory, which will employ about 6,500 people.