Elon Musk just revealed the location of Tesla's next factory

Tesla’s next factory will be located near Berlin, Germany, CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday during an award show hosted by the German automotive publication Auto Bild.

The European factory would be Tesla’s fourth, following facilities in Nevada, California, New York, and China. Musk said part of Tesla’s decision to place its European factory in Germany stemmed from Germany’s history of high-quality vehicle engineering.

Tesla will also build an engineering and design facility in Berlin, Musk said, adding via tweet shortly after his appearance:“GIGA BERLIN.”

In October, Tesla said it expects to make both its Model 3 sedan and upcoming Model Y SUV at its European factory, which will begin production in 2021. The company has also said that all future factories will make both vehicles and batteries.

Tesla began trial production at its Shanghai factory in October and expects to start making vehicles intended for customers at the facility before the end of this year. Building factories outside of the US is a major piece of Tesla’s plan to grow into a mass-market automaker, as doing so will both expand Tesla’s production capabilities and decrease shipping costs to international customers.

Tesla has said that its Fremont, California, factory can make up to 440,000 vehicles each year, but the company hopes to one day make one million vehicles per year.

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The industrial area is forested and feels secluded.

One worker we spoke to in a nearby office is not happy about the prospect of trees being cleared for Tesla's arrival.

A local shopkeeper tells us that Tesla is planning on building on 750 acres of forest.

Tesla has already signed off on 450 acres and 300 more will soon follow.

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Baronvonrort wrote on Nov 15^th, 2019 at 9:34am:


But if it was a filthy coal mine or wood mill logging old growth forests not a single word out of you lot as usual