Tesla Giga Berlin Celebrates 5th Birthday, Here are the Milestones

Tesla has announced it is the fifth anniversary of its Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany. CEO Elon Musk first announced the plan on November 12, 2019, at the Golden Steering Wheel Awards.

Here are the milestones since then, shared by Tesla on X today:

• Over 400,000 Model Y produced
• Over 500,000 drive units produced
• Recycling over 90% of our process waste water
• 6.9 GWh of solar energy produced (enough to power 1,700 homes/year)
• Delivering Model Y to 37 countries
• Over 270,000 trips with our shuttle buses and Giga Train
• Over 1 million trees planted, covering 283+ hectares
• Over 12,000 people hired
• Opened Giga Gym and Rave Cave

Giga Berlin also has its own private 5G network. We can’t wait to see what’s next for Giga Berlin.