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Giga Berlin to Double in Size
Tesla and Giga Berlin is, you guessed it, awaiting full approval for the pending completion of an environmental-impact study that will be subject to input from local citizens. This is in preparation of doubling the size of its Giga Factory.
When you look back, it took just under 2 1/2 years from the announcement of Giga Berlin in November 2019 to start production in April 2022 and this included a global pandemic.
Most likely, activists are going to put up a fight to stop the expansion, but in the end, I see the expansion taking place with a few months to get approval.
Most likely, Tesla will have learned from the past in order to expedite the expansion approval.
Tesla will get to 1 million cars per year at Giga Berlin with this expansion. I expect that many more Giga Factories will be built that seek to get to a 1 million per year or more run rate.
How Long Will It Take?
I see this expansion taking 1 1/2 years. There will be time for the approval to happen, and then the factory construction will be underway. Tesla already has knowledge and experience to both expedite the approval and to build the factory. The workers there are veterans from the original factory build.
Some have said that Tesla should build a factory in the Netherlands or Spain, however, Germany is a central hub and known for automotive prowess, and it makes sense for Tesla to have a presence there.
Tesla will most likely just keep building the Model Y in Giga Berlin, as specializing in a single vehicle will make things simpler.
Tesla has definitely outsmarted the competition in this way by having only a 4 car lineup, which will soon be 5 with the Cybertruck.
Tesla is planning to double the size of its factory near Berlin to produce up to one million electric cars a year, an expansion that could make the plant the largest auto manufacturing facility in Germany - WSJ https://t.co/QFwrH1KCmV
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) July 17, 2023
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Jeremy Johnson is a Tesla investor and supporter. He first invested in Tesla in 2017 after years of following Elon Musk and admiring his work ethic and intelligence. Since then, he's become a Tesla bull, covering anything about Tesla he can find, while also dabbling in other electric vehicle companies. Jeremy covers Tesla developments at Torque News. You can follow him on Twitter or LinkedIn to stay in touch and follow his Tesla news coverage on Torque News. Image Credit, Tesla, Screenshot
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