Today is one of the most important days in the history of Tesla as the company's Gigafactory Berlin is officially opening two years after breaking ground.

The launch of Tesla's first European production hub comes after the biggest investment in a German car factory in recent history: $5.5 billion.

Tesla C.E.O. Elon Musk will be handing over to customers the first Model Y electric crossovers built at the new facility located in Grünheide, 25 miles east of Berlin's city center. In a March 21 tweet, he said he was "excited" to hand over the first Giga Berlin-made production cars.

Besides Elon Musk, the opening ceremony on Tuesday afternoon will be honored at the highest level, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other high-ranking federal and local authorities in attendance, according to Reuters.

The plant's official opening, which Elon Musk had hoped would happen eight months ago but was delayed by environmental and bureaucracy issues, comes as the CEOhas announced his Master Plan Part 3 for Tesla, which should see the EVmaker scaling to "extreme size."

Tesla plans to hire 12,000 workers at the vehicle assembly factory and adjacent battery plant in Grünheide, making the site the biggest employer in the state of Brandenburg. When it reaches full capacity, it will build 500,000 EVs annually and generate 50 G.W.h of battery power, surpassing all other similar plants in the country.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Dan Mihalascu at insideevs.

My Take: Lets get that ramp up started. I think the 500k production numbers is on the low side. Probably closer to 2 million.

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Today is one of the most important days in the history of Tesla as the company's Gigafactory Berlin is officially opening two years after breaking ground.

The launch of Tesla's first European production hub comes after the biggest investment in a German car factory in recent history: $5.5 billion.

Tesla C.E.O. Elon Musk will be handing over to customers the first Model Y electric crossovers built at the new facility located in Grünheide, 25 miles east of Berlin's city center. In a March 21 tweet, he said he was "excited" to hand over the first Giga Berlin-made production cars.

Besides Elon Musk, the opening ceremony on Tuesday afternoon will be honored at the highest level, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other high-ranking federal and local authorities in attendance, according to Reuters.

The plant's official opening, which Elon Musk had hoped would happen eight months ago but was delayed by environmental and bureaucracy issues, comes as the CEOhas announced his Master Plan Part 3 for Tesla, which should see the EVmaker scaling to "extreme size."

Tesla plans to hire 12,000 workers at the vehicle assembly factory and adjacent battery plant in Grünheide, making the site the biggest employer in the state of Brandenburg. When it reaches full capacity, it will build 500,000 EVs annually and generate 50 G.W.h of battery power, surpassing all other similar plants in the country.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Dan Mihalascu at insideevs.

My Take: Lets get that ramp up started. I think the 500k production numbers is on the low side. Probably closer to 2 million.

Re Posted From: Elon Musk To Hand Over First Model Ys At Giga Berlin Today

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