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Tesla officially opens Berlin Gigafactory
Tesla cars in front of its new factory in Germany. | Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images
Tesla’s fourth Gigafactory, and its first in Europe, is officially being opened today by the company’s CEO Elon Musk, _Reuters_reports. The milestone was reached around two and a half years after Tesla initially announced its plans to build a factory on the site, which is located just outside the German capital of Berlin, and is officially called Giga Berlin-Brandenburg.
As part of the opening ceremony, Tesla is handing over the first production cars made at the factory to customers: 30 Model Y compact SUVs. _Reuters_reports that these are the performance configuration of the vehicle, which have a range of 320 miles and sell for €63,990.
Excited to hand over the first production cars made by Giga Berlin-Brandenburg tomorrow!
— Elon Musk...