Posted on 03/22/2022 9:53:19 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
On Tuesday, the first "Model Y" vehicles were handed over to customers during the opening ceremony. The Model Y vehicles for Europe had been previously imported from Tesla's Gigafactory in Shanghai.
Tesla had hoped that it could roll out cars last summer, but environmental concerns, especially about wastewater treatment at its battery factory, were some of the factors that delayed plans. In late 2021, health and environment authorities in the state of Brandenburg had allowed Tesla to expand testing of cars, but not to sell them.
Now that the factory is open, Tesla hopes to produce about 30,000 vehicles in the first six months, with a goal of pumping out nearly 500,000 cars per year going forward.
Full production at the Berlin Gigafactory opens a new chapter in the global race to dominate the electric car market, as competition moves to the manufacturing heart of Europe.
Giga Berlin is currently Tesla's only manufacturing plant in Europe.
The Germans closed their nuclear plants under pressure from the greenie weenies.
Where are they going to get all the electricity they need to re-charge the batteries for these vehicles? More oil and natural gas imports from Russia?
From the French?
At one time the Germans were buying a ton of electricity from them. They didn’t dial back the nuclear.
I wish I had bookmarked it, but last Fall I saw a German PSA video ad on how to get by without heat in your apartment in the Winter. There were candles involved.
Outsourcing energy policy to a Nordic teenager is a really, really bad idea.
Man, you post something about Elon Musk, and the next thread is about him.
I just saw the title.
I didn’t actually read the story.
What’d he do now?
Put a Tesla in a super collider or something?
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