Tesla Inc TSLA has been granted approval by the local government ministry near its gigafactory in Berlin to proceed with the first stage of its three-stage plant expansion plan despite protests ...

Despite protests from environmentalists and locals, the Gruenheide council approved Tesla's plans to expand its German factory in May. However, the company also needs approvals from local ...

In Grünheide, south-east of Berlin, Europe’s only Tesla factory is located has created around 12,000 jobs, but also prompted protests over its plans to raze forest areas and over its ...

It could put Tesla’s Berlin factory at risk of layoffs. There were also significant layoffs and cuts in the US this year while UAW had a great victory against the big three in Michigan.

Between 2020 and 2023, Tesla felled more than 500,000 trees on the outskirts of Berlin in order to make space for its German gigafactory. If left in place, the trees would have absorbed enough CO2 ...

“Elon, you salmon, fuck off to Mars!” Police clear a blockade by activists at the access road to Neuhardenberg airfield on May 10, 2024. Photo: Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa (AP) ...

Tesla's Berlin factory, which opened in 2022, manufactures battery cells and has a capacity for about 375,000 Model Y cars annually. The factory is located about 22 miles southeast of central Berlin.

The Giga Berlin started operating on March 22, 2022, which is 835 days ago. This means that nearly eight mugs simply walked out of the factory these past two years and almost four months.

The factory was the first Tesla manufacturing facility in Europe, and as of this year, the Berlin manufacturer has produced over 500,000 Tesla Model Ys. According to Tesla, it is their "most ...