Tesla Tesla, the California-based company, that manufactures the S, 3, X and Roadster models, is setting up a factory, the Gigafactory, in Nevada to make batteries. Its network of superchargers has 1,130 charging stations with 8,496 chargers in Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East. Instead of targeting longer range, Honda is researching how far it can go on 15 minutes of battery charge. The target is 150 miles on 15 minutes of charge by 2020.