EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Tesla Inc
Fremont, CA
- Total releases
- 3.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 25
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tesla Inc: how the 3.0M lbs splits
3.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.4M lbs 78.3%
- Air Releases 659.7K lbs 21.7%
- Water Discharges 2.0K lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 94 lbs <0.1%
Tesla Inc's 3.0M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 78.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 21.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Tesla Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fremont, CA, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 1.5M lbs of releases across 20 chemicals in 2023, and 3.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 630 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Tesla Inc is pounds #12 and chemical-count #16 at 3.0M lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bay Area Circuits Inc; Christy; Quantumclean; Google LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside California: Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc; Nissan N.a. Inc.; Yamaha Jet Boat Manufacturing USA Inc; Spirit Aerosystems Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Certain glycol ethers; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Methyl methacrylate.
Tesla Inc stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (78.3% off-site transfers) across 25 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc and Nissan N.a. Inc..
Tesla Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tesla Inc inside Alameda's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Tesla Inc reports the 6th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 32.6% of every pound reported in Alameda. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 61.0% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc and Nissan N.a. Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Alameda's reported pounds (9.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tesla Inc's total reported releases rose from 1.0 million lb in 2022 to 1.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tesla Inc's water releases rose from 144 lb in 2022 to 560 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tesla Inc's off-site transfers rose from 899.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tesla Inc's air releases fell from 129.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 70.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tesla Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tesla Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1155% (119.5K lbs to 1.5M lbs).
Tesla Inc: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Tesla Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1155% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 119.5K lbs | 15 |
| 2020 | 242.6K lbs | 16 |
| 2021 | 152.8K lbs | 18 |
| 2022 | 1.0M lbs | 18 |
| 2023 | 1.5M lbs | 20 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 25 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.9M lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 303.7K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 189.4K lbs | - |
| Methyl methacrylate | 175.0K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 127.7K lbs | - |
| 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 103.6K lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 80.8K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 80.1K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 56.4K lbs | - |
| Cumene | 20.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 18.9K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 13.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 6.8K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 3.7K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 3.2K lbs | - |
| Copper | 2.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 918 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 845 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 528 lbs | - |
| Methanol | 126 lbs | - |
| Lead | 25 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 18 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 10 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Tesla Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc, Nissan N.a. Inc., Yamaha Jet Boat Manufacturing USA Inc.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tesla Inc on cumulative reported pounds (3.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (25). Release-pound peers include Cargill Inc, Century Aluminum of Kentucky, Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility. Chemical-count peers include Aes Puerto Rico LP, Verso Luke LLC, Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Methyl methacrylate; nearby reporters include Bay Area Circuits Inc. Tesla Inc stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Tesla Inc TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tesla Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fremont, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336111 · Transportation Equipment. 32.6% of Alameda TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cargill Inc (Δ 5.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tesla Inc stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov