Just like Tesla EVs, Giga Berlin is also all about minimalism. “We deleted a lot of processes that are not really necessary,” one of Tesla’s paint shop engineers said in the video.

According to members of the “Stop Tesla” initiative, the work started at around 2 a.m. In the middle of the night, railway employees in safety vests and police officers appeared.

Tesla came under scrutiny over the past two weeks after German media reported an unusually high number of work-related accidents at Giga Berlin, which employs approximately 11,000 workers.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured during a visit to the company's electric car plant in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, on March 13, 2024, as employees resumed work after production had to be ...

Tesla's Giga Berlin exclusively builds the Model Y SUV for European and other select markets. Though the factory isn't as productive as Tesla plants in Shanghai and Fremont, Calif., it did reach ...

The decision is now left to local authorities. According to Tesla's 2023 full-year report, Tesla's Berlin factory has a currently installed annual vehicle capacity of 375,000 Model Y SUVs.

Here's Why For the first time, Tesla allowed a journalist to tour the Gigafactory Berlin. Here’s what he saw. Photo by: Fully Charged Show By: Suvrat Kothari Jul 27, 2024 at 11:00am ET ...