In an attempt to take the pressure off its Us and China factories, Tesla opened up a new factory in Germany, first manufacturing facility in Europe.
Musk presided over the delivery of Tesla’s first German-made cars to 30 clients and their families at the carmaker’s 5 billion euro ($5.5 billion) plant.
“This is a great day for the factory,” Musk said, before hailing the launch as “another step in the direction of a sustainable future,”
Tesla sees the Berlin factory producing up to 500,000 vehicles annually.
the Tesla plant is targeting an output of 2,000 vehicles in its first few weeks of serial production.
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Troy Teslike, an independent Tesla researcher, tweeted that the firm is then hoping that vehicle output will hit 1,000 per week at the six week-mark following the start of commercial production, and then 5,000 per week by the end of 2022.
The U.S. EV maker has been struggling to keep up with demand and there are reportedly lengthy delays for Model Ys and certain Model 3s in different parts of the world
Demand for EVs remains very high in Europe, and now Tesla can rely on some production on the continent, not solely to be shipped from China.
