Satellite photo shows Tesla's secretive 'gigafactory' in the Nevada desert

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Like any good Elon Musk project, there's a hint of magic to Tesla's planned "gigafactory" — it is secretive, ambitious and definitely larger than life

Hidden away in the Nevada desert, construction of the gigafactory has been underway since last July. A February satellite image provided to Mashable by CartoDB shows how far the electric car manufacturer has come since then.

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Tesla's lithium-ion battery factory aims to harness enough renewable energy — from a variety of sources, like solar panels, wind turbines and hydroelectric plants — to power 500,000 electric cars by 2020. When finished, the $5 billion factory will span somewhere north of 5 million square feet. Read more...

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