Tesla Giga Berlin Battery Plant Likely To Cause Overall Delay Despite Brandenburg PM Support
Brandenburg s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke is happy Tesla will be adding cell manufacturing at Giga Berlin site even though that will likely cause delay of vehicle production.
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Back in January, Tesla got the go-ahead from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics to begin preliminary work on the battery plant that will supply Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory.
The announcement came from the Ministry’s Chief Peter Altmaier who bundled the applications of multiple companies looking into battery cell manufacturing. Altmaier then submitted the proposals to the EU Commission.
Tesla Gets Preliminary Approval To Get State Aid And Add Battery Manufacturing facility To Giga Berlin
Tesla has been granted permission from Germany s Economy Ministery to start preliminary work on Giga Berlin. The EV maker might also get financial support from the EU.
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Tesla has been given the go-ahead to start preliminary work for the battery cell manufacturing facility that will supply the Berlin Gigafactoy. According to BZ-Berlin, the news comes as a surprise to the Brandenburg government, which oversees the location for Giga Berlin.
Tesla hasn’t submitted an official application to build a battery cell manufacturing facility to the Brandenburg authority. However, the preliminary permit comes in the way of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics.