Tesla setting up 4680 battery plant in Canada Markham ON, page-4

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Tesla is setting up its first Canadian factory just outside Toronto, Ont., according to a statement from Markham’s mayor, to make the machinery that will make the automaker’s battery cells

Tesla Canada is setting up a manufacturing facility in Markham, Ont., to make machines to make battery cells that will be installed in Tesla’s gigafactories around the world.

The news was first disclosed — but not widely reported — in a brief note included in a newsletter from Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti this summer.

“I am delighted to share that Tesla Canada is joining our already robust automotive and technology ecosystem by locating a manufacturing facility in the City of Markham,” reads the statement. “The facility will be the first branded Tesla Canada manufacturing facility in Canada and will produce state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment to be used at the Gigafactories located around the world in the production of batteries.”