Tesla received a conditional offer for a gigafactory in Germany near Berlin on Friday, Brandenburg state said, ending months of delays on the 5 billion euro (about 41,822 crore) factory.
The gigafactoryThis is very important for Tesla Managing director By Elon Musk ambition to beat the European market leader Volkswagen, was originally supposed to open last summer.
Germany’s largest carmaker has the upper hand in Europe, with a 25% share of the electric vehicle market (EV) Tesla’s sales were 13%.
Brandenburg State Chancellor Dietmar Woidke said in a press conference that the development marks “a big step forward”, adding that the Tesla factory will be the main industrial and technological engine. for Germany and the region.
Unions said last month that about 2,600 of the plant’s expected 12,000 workers had been hired last month, and that Tesla was in talks with multiple regional component suppliers to find supplies. Provide as much as possible locally, reducing wait times and costs.
Underscoring the fierce competition Tesla faces, Volkswagen said on Friday that it will spend around EUR 2 billion (about Rs 16,729) on a new factory near its Wolfsburg headquarters to produce the Trinity, the first electric car in a new generation of the German automaker, with a process The build will start next. five.
Friday’s 536-page conditional building permit for Tesla doesn’t mean the U.S.-based pioneering electric vehicle maker can begin production right away. It must first demonstrate that it meets a variety of conditions, including water use and air pollution control.
Only then did Tesla get its long-awaited license to operate and actually begin rolling out the 500,000 battery-powered cars it wants to build each year at its new factory, located in the small community of Gruenheide. .
Another roadblock to securing the site’s water supply emerged late Friday, when a Frankfurt Oder administrative court sided with environmental groups that challenged a permit granted to a water company local to give Tesla locations.
However, the court said procedural flaws in the licensing decision could be rectified by the water company, opening the door for the water supply arrangement to be utilized.
Starting production in Germany means Tesla can deliver Model Y cars get to European customers faster and cheaper, after fulfilling orders in Europe from the Shanghai factory in recent months pending site approval.
Brandenburg’s Environment Minister Axel Vogel said Tesla plans to demonstrate that it meets the conditions imposed within the next two weeks, while objections could be filed within the next month.
Tesla’s next challenge will be to scale up production as quickly as possible, something Musk said at an October fair that will take longer than building a factory.
Local environmental groups have long feared that the plant would negatively impact local habitats. Many public consultations, focused primarily on that aspect, have delayed the process, in which Musk has repeatedly expressed frustration with the German bureaucracy.
The plant, which Tesla has begun building under pre-approval permits, will also include a battery plant capable of generating more than 50 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year – far ahead of its European competitors.
Musk said that locally produced car batteries will initially come from China, but he plans to reach mass production at the German battery plant by the end of next year.
© Thomson Reuters 2022
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