Germany’s Traffic Light Coalition recently cited Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin as an example of why there is a need for Germany to develop a system that could allow permitting procedures to be completed at a quicker timeframe.

The Traffic Light Coalition is comprised of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Free Democratic Party, and Alliance 90 or The Greens. In a statement to Handelsblatt, S.P.D. politician Mathias Stein outlined how planning law should be simplified to expedite investment projects such as Tesla’s E.V. factory in Grunheide. Stein noted that repeated interpretation, objection and response loops, which tend to extend the approval of a project, should be avoided in the future.

For now, Gigafactory Berlin’s final approval is still yet to be released, though recent reports estimate that the facility may finally get permission to start vehicle production around March 2022. This presents a notable delay, as it would likely result in Giga Berlin falling behind its sibling, the much larger Gigafactory Texas, which is expected to start vehicle production soon. Jörg Steinbach, Brandenburg’s Minister of Economics, has acknowledged these delays, noting previously that the bureaucratic challenges in Germany are, "sometimes difficult for a foreign investor to understand."

Source: Reposted and Summarized from Simon Alvarez at teslarati.

My Take: It makes me wonder if there is something more to it than meets the eye. Is somebody trying to slow down Tesla, on purpose?

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Germany’s Traffic Light Coalition recently cited Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin as an example of why there is a need for Germany to develop a system that could allow permitting procedures to be completed at a quicker timeframe.

The Traffic Light Coalition is comprised of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Free Democratic Party, and Alliance 90 or The Greens. In a statement to Handelsblatt, S.P.D. politician Mathias Stein outlined how planning law should be simplified to expedite investment projects such as Tesla’s E.V. factory in Grunheide. Stein noted that repeated interpretation, objection and response loops, which tend to extend the approval of a project, should be avoided in the future.

For now, Gigafactory Berlin’s final approval is still yet to be released, though recent reports estimate that the facility may finally get permission to start vehicle production around March 2022. This presents a notable delay, as it would likely result in Giga Berlin falling behind its sibling, the much larger Gigafactory Texas, which is expected to start vehicle production soon. Jörg Steinbach, Brandenburg’s Minister of Economics, has acknowledged these delays, noting previously that the bureaucratic challenges in Germany are, "sometimes difficult for a foreign investor to understand."

Source: Reposted and Summarized from Simon Alvarez at teslarati.

My Take: It makes me wonder if there is something more to it than meets the eye. Is somebody trying to slow down Tesla, on purpose?

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