The start of official, licensed production at the Tesla giga factory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, continues to be delayed. According to local sources, the factory could be operational by mid-March at the earliest.
The state’s Ministry of Environment would not give a precise date, but stated that the teams responsible for verifying the site’s compliance with standards, including safety, have entered the final stage of the approval process.
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Elon Musk visiting
Elon Musk, for his part, recently tweeted that he would be visiting the Gruenheide site in mid-February, although that has not been confirmed by the American manufacturer. A courtesy call or an attempt to speed things up so that this first European production site can finally be put into operation?
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Tesla wants to produce up to 500,000 Model Ys per year, specifically for the European market. Until the Gigafactory is operational, the . sold in Europe Tesla Model Ys produced in China, in Shanghai.
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