We have some breaking news about the near-term production targets of Tesla Giga Berlin EV plant.
Test production at Tesla Giga Berlin is going well and has reached 100 units per day on some days. That suggests 500/week run rate when they start regular production.
Tesla aims to get the production target at Giga Berlin to 1,000/week run rate by the end of April 2022.
A second shift at Giga Berlin is expected to be added by the end of June 2022.
Keep in mind that Tesla Giga Berlin's production is expected to shut down for 3 weeks when they switch from 2170 to 4680 cells. This is expected to happen in Q3 or Q4 2022.
Also, Giga Shanghai will supply complete 2170 packs (not just cells) to Giga Berlin until Giga Berlin starts to make its own 4680 cells and packs in a few months. Giga Shanghai has no problem supplying up to 5,000/week packs.
The environmental permit for the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin is now official; the plant will start operating as soon as it meets the 400 requirements mentioned in the 536-page document; Tesla wants to have everything ready within two weeks.
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