The Tesla Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada, is currently ramping up battery production and by 2018 could become the largest Lithium-ion battery factory in the world. The battery packs produced in the new industrial mega-facility are critical to Tesla's true make-or-break moment: the launch of the Tesla Model 3 mass market electric sedan. A massive increase in the market share of electric vehicles, driven primarily by a rapid decline in the cost of batteries, has the potential to disrupt multiple industries including automotive, energy storage, oil and gas, electric power transmission, and solar power. Both deep skepticism and fervent enthusiasm for Tesla abounds on Wall Street, as for a brief moment in 2017 Tesla (TSLA) was both the largest U.S. auto manufacturer by market capitalization, as well as the most-shorted stock ticker in the United States.
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