Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin has started producing 5,000 electric vehicles a week and wants to increase the volume by 4 times

Tesla's Berlin Gigafactory was able to reach its designed production volume by the end of the first quarter of 2023

electric cars. It took almost a year from the start of deliveries.

What is known

At the end of 2021, Tesla launched the assemblyelectric vehicles in the capital of Germany. The production of the popular Model Y crossovers was launched at the Berlin plant. Vehicle deliveries began in April 2022. And now, almost a year later, Tesla reached the design volume.

The Berlin Gigafactory is now capable ofproduce 5,000 electric cars per week. This means that 250,000 vehicles can roll off the assembly line per year. Initially, Tesla intended to reach design volume by the end of 2022. The deviation from the schedule is due to a delay in the delivery of components.

Tesla wants to increase car production infour times. A corresponding request has already been submitted by an American company. But for this it is necessary to expand production capacity. The current approval allows Tesla to produce 500,000 vehicles per year in Germany.