# Tesla started submitting permits to the city of Reno this year for one of the spaces inside Airway Commerce Center.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-27 · Reno Gazette-Journal*

## Key points

- Tesla filed at least 14 permits for a $14.4 million facility at Airway Commerce Center in Reno.
- Permit documents reveal an H-2 hazardous materials classification, indicating work with flammable or pyrophoric substances.
- Plans include a 'pilot line' for testing or validating new manufacturing methods or technologies.
- The facility may serve as a 'micro factory' to upgrade older Teslas with new AI Hardware 4 for full self-driving.
- Tesla aims to upgrade Hardware 3 vehicles due to memory limitations affecting unsupervised Full Self Driving functionality.

**Companies:** Tesla, Tolles Development
**Countries:** United States

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