On Monday, twitter user @ElonJet, who tracks the Tesla CEO’s private jet movements, said that Elon Musk appears to have landed in Berlin, Germany. He had reportedly left Austin, Texas about 10 hours ago, according to the Twitter user. About a week ago, the gigafactory of Tesla near Berlin, Germany, had received all the necessary clearances to begin production.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to visit the factory, on Tuesday. German press also reported that the CEO Elon Musk is planning to personally give its customers the first Model Y cars that have rolled out of the gigafactory of Tesla Inc. in Germany. The factory is located at Gruenheide which is 22 miles southeast of Berlin. It is constructed on land that was earlier earmarked for BMW, who changed the location of their factory to Leipzig.
The gigafactory near Berlin is the first factory by the electric vehicle maker in Europe. It has three other gigafactories in the U.S. in Fremont, California, in Sparks, Nevada and in Buffalo New York (for solar cells) and one in Shanghai, China. Tesla Inc. claims that the German factory is its “most advanced, sustainable, and efficient factory” as of now. It said that the factory will produce both Model Y Tesla vehicles as well as batteries.
Tesla Inc. planned to open the Berlin factory in 2021. However, it added a battery facility that delayed clearance as there were environmental objections. The electric vehicle maker went ahead with its construction plans and received final permits on March 4, 2022. The Brandenburg Minister-President Woidke announced that the factory had received its permits, in a press release.
The gigafactory in Berlin is expected to rollout hundreds of thousands of Model Y Tesla electric vehicles as well as millions of batteries, over time. There are still a huge number of vacancies available. It cost $5 billion and is located in Europe as Elon Musk reportedly wants to beat car giant Volkswagen, on its home turf.
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