Elon Musk has released some stunning drone footage that shows the progress Tesla has made at Gigafactory Berlin.
There is now a giant structure that will soon house the Model Y production.
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin
Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is arguably the automaker’s most important project of 2021.
The company will not launch Model Y in Europe until the vehicle is produced in the new factory.
In addition to launching Model Y in the major market, Gigafactory Berlin will also produce 4,680 battery cells, and it will be the first production car to use Tesla’s new structural battery pack architecture.
That’s why many eyes are on Tesla sticking to its schedule to start production at Gigafactory Shanghai.
Tesla wrote about Gigafactory Berlin in its shareholder letter last week:
Local production and deliveries remain an important part of our growth strategy. Although our overall market share in Europe has increased in 2020, Gigafactory Berlin should allow for a significant increase in local deliveries, similar to what we saw after the construction of Gigafactory Shanghai. Construction of our factory in Berlin is proceeding as planned and we have already started moving machines into the building.
The carmaker is only guiding the start of production “towards the end of the year”, but there are indications in the documents submitted to the government for the project that production could start as early as July.
Production will begin with Model Y, but Tesla is also expected to produce Model 3 and other vehicles at the factory.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stunning new drone footage of Gigafactory Berlin construction site:
This will be the last thing Musk shares on Twitter for a while, as the CEO said he is taking a break from the platform.
The video shows some progress with now a huge main building being completed as Tesla is already moving equipment inside and additional structures are coming next to the main building.
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