Tesla allowed to start car production at its Berlin site
- The Californian manufacturer Tesla, which produced nearly a million electric cars last year (in the United States and China), has been authorized by the authorities of Brandenburg (Germany) to start car production at its new site in Berlin.
- This electric vehicle assembly site calibrated for 250,000 and then 500,000 units per year should have started last summer, but Tesla lacked a final building permit, which has just been validated. The manufacturer had made the bet to launch the work of its factory on the basis of provisional authorizations. It is also possible that Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes have done their utmost to extend the deadline for Tesla to comply with the German administration, because the Californian manufacturer is their direct competitor in the field of electric vehicles.
- However, it seems that the start of the Tesla factory in Berlin is good news for the German auto industry, as the quantities manufactured here will be added to the existing quantities, especially since Tesla will export its cars all over the world. Europe (which will also relieve the Tesla factory in Fremont in the USA).
- The first models manufactured in Berlin will be the Tesla Model Y (the manufacturer thinks it will be able to sell 150,000 copies per year in the first years and then double this figure after 2025) whose demand is exploding in Europe. In 2021, Tesla sold 135,000 Model 3s and 30,000 Model Ys in Europe. The Californian manufacturer plans to manufacture a giant battery factory near the Berlin site, in order to directly supply the models produced in the assembly plant.
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