Fremont Assembly

Fremont Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Fremont, California. Groundbreaking for the plant occurred in September 1961. It was the new site for production in the San Francisco area in 1962 when production moved from the older Oakland Assembly. Production continued through March 1 of 1982 when the plant was closed after production problems. Partially demolished (south end and water tower), the remaining plant was refurbished as the more successful NUMMI joint-venture with Toyota in 1984 and later became the Tesla Factory, Tesla Motors' automobile plant in 2010.ProductionThe 411acre Fremont plant produced GM A platform Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, and Oldsmobile cars, as well as GMC trucks for the Western United States.Statistics Hourly output: 42 cars and 25 trucks per hour (two shifts daily) Daily total: 1,072 vehicles Lines: 112 body styles (44 cars and 68 trucks) Employment: 6,800 in 1979