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Tesla plant Berlin: This is how close the start of production really is

https://efahrer.chip.de/news/tesla-werk-berlin-so-nah-ist-der-produktionsstart-wirklich_106132

Selected Quotes translated with deepl.com: "Tesla wants to get its Gigafactory up and running before the end of the year. In a first step, 50,000 to 100,000 vehicles per year are to be produced there.""Following production at the main plant in Fremont, California, and Chinese production in the Shanghai area, Grünheide is the next important building block in the Americans' expansion plans."

"Now Tesla's CEO has announced at a large public day in Grünheide that production of the Model Y at the new Gigafactory will begin before the end of December."

"It will start with the Tesla Model Y; after that, the Model 3 will also be built here, which will be manufactured on the same platform."

"The production ramp-up is known to be one of the big problems for the American electric manufacturer, as the other manufacturing plants in Fremont and Shanghai were already struggling to get into normal operations..."

"If the Brandenburg plant is running at full capacity in a few years, well over 10,000 people are expected to work in Grünheide."

"At least Tesla under Elon Musk is benefiting from the fact that many German carmakers are currently experiencing early retirement and severance problems, and one or two experienced automotive experts may well be inclined to switch camps with a lavish severance package in their pockets."

"However, the location of the plant in Grünheide is proving to be quite problematic, because middle and senior managers from companies such as BMW, Daimler or the Volkswagen Group in particular are not enthusiastic about moving from Munich, Stuttgart or Ingolstadt to Berlin or even to the Brandenburg province. That leaves almost only manufacturers like Volkswagen in Wolfsburg or Opel in Rüsselsheim that are seriously considering moving east."