The first Teslas built in Germany will be released this spring
Tesla will finally challenge the prestigious German automakers on their land. After several months of delays and administrative procrastination, the Californian pioneer of the electric car obtained the green light from local authorities on Friday to start production in its first European factory. The Y models, the brand’s recent SUV, should leave the assembly lines in Grünheide, near Berlin, from the end of the month, with a ramp-up which should gradually bring production to 500,000 vehicles per year. “This is a new chapter in our history”, welcomed the president of the Brandenburg region, Dietmar Woidke (SPD), who convinced the boss of Tesla Elon Musk to settle in his territory in 2019. he company has already made just under 3,000 hires, and more than 12,000 people are expected to work on the site eventually. “A before and after Tesla” It is a godsend for this eastern region, which is seen as an engine of “green growth”, thirty years after the end of communist Germany. For...