Elon Reeve Musk frs (/ˈiːlɒn/; born June 28, 1971) is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He holds South African, Canadian, and U. S. citizenship and is the founder, ceo, and lead designer of SpaceX

Gigafactory

On June 17, 2014, Musk committed to building a SolarCity advanced production facility in Buffalo, New York, that would triple the size of the largest solar plant in the United States. Musk stated the plant will be "one of the single largest solar panel production plants in the world," and it will be followed by one or more even bigger facilities in subsequent years. The Tesla Gigafactory 2 is a photovoltaic (PV) cell factory, leased by Tesla subsidiary SolarCity in Buffalo, New York. Construction on the factory started in 2014 and was completed in 2017.