It is expected that the construction of the Tesla plant in Berlin will be completed by 2021, and the first model to come off the assembly line of the German enterprise will be the Model Y crossover.
For Gigafactory 4, Tesla has already selected a site near the under-construction Berlin airport. If this project is successfully implemented, the German factory will become the second production facility of the American brand in Europe. The brand's first assembly plant has been operating in the Netherlands for more than six years, but there is no talk of its localization or expansion: the Dutch enterprise only assembles electric vehicles from kits supplied from the USA.
Elon Musk spoke about plans to increase production capacity just a few days after the launch of the Tesla factory in Shanghai, China. It is noteworthy that the sensational statement was made in Berlin, where the American entrepreneur received the "Golden Steering Wheel" award from Autobild magazine. In a conversation with the press, Musk highly praised German automakers, noting that "some of the best cars in the world are made in Germany."
