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Lopez: Base Power aims to produce 4,000 home batteries weekly by year-end

Justin Lopas · Inside the Factory Behind Base Power's $1B Series D · Aug 3, 2026 · at 21:50

Base Power co-founder and COO Justin Lopez discusses manufacturing cycle times and factory scaling at their Austin facility.

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“We're not there yet, but we'll be able to produce about 4000 of these units per week towards the end of the year, and so, like, that's like one every few minutes, which is very, very quick, and so,”

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The claim, plainly

Base Power will have the capacity to produce approximately 4,000 battery units per week by the end of 2026.

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Assessment

On August 3, 2026, Justin Lopas (transcribed as Justin Lopez), then-COO of Base Power Company, stated that the company would be able to produce approximately 4,000 battery units per week towards the end of 2026. As of today, September 9, 2026, the stated horizon of year-end 2026 (December 31, 2026) remains approximately 3.5 months in the future. As of August 2026, Base Power reported producing thousands of systems per month with an installation pace of roughly 100 per day, but had not yet reached the 4,000 units per week run rate. Because the target date has not elapsed and the capacity has not yet been achieved or confirmed, the claim cannot be resolved at this time.

Justin Lopas stated on August 3, 2026, that Base Power would achieve roughly 4,000 units per week 'towards the end of the year'.
As of August 3–4, 2026, Base Power was producing 'thousands of systems a month' with installation rates around 100 systems per day.
As of September 9, 2026, no disclosure or reporting confirms the achievement of a 4,000 units/week production run rate, and the stated deadline of December 31, 2026, has not passed.

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Disclosure

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Assertion Partly supported

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Assertion Not checkable as stated

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Assertion Supported

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Assertion Not checkable as stated

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