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Tesla Giga Berlin Reportedly Making 86 Model Y Performance Cars Daily: Report

According to the German publication TeslaMag.de, Tesla’s Berlin-Brandenburg Gigafactory is currently producing 86 Model Y Performance cars per day, claim unnamed sources. That works out to just over 600 cars per week — almost double the 350 units per week we reported the plant was piping out in April, but significantly less than Tesla’s goal […]

Tesla Giga Berlin Aims to Make 1,000 Model Y Cars Per Week by Month End

According to Automobilwoche, Tesla’s German Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg is currently producing 350 Model Y units per week (via @SawyerMerritt). Tesla will ramp production at the facility up to 1,000 units per week by the end of this month, but the report also says that Giga Berlin won’t see another significant increase in output for the rest […]

German-Made Tesla Model Y Performance Gets More Sound Dampening

Tesla constantly updates its vehicles with new features and other tweaks even during the production cycle, instead of waiting for mid-cycle updates or model-year changeovers to implement improvements. Production recently started anew at Tesla’s German Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg, which is currently exclusively producing the Model Y. There are several differences between the Model Y units […]

Drone Pilot Reveals How Tesla’s Viral Gigafactory Berlin Video was Made

Following Tesla’s release of the viral “Flying Through Giga Berlin” video last month, the videographer shared some of his thoughts and processes from inside the Grünheide, Germany factory, using a first-person view (FPV) drone from DJI. Drone videographer Ferdinand Wolf talked to TechRadar last week about setting up for and performing the video’s shots, describing […]

Tesla Model Y Compared: Made in Germany vs China [VIDEO]

Now that Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, is operating at full throttle and delivering Model Ys, Tesla can gradually ween off its reliance on imports to meet European demand. Previously, all of Tesla’s orders in Europe were satisfied by vehicles imported from Giga Shanghai in China. There are, however, some differences between the vehicles […]

Tesla Shares Insane Gigafactory Berlin Tour Filmed by Drone [VIDEO]

Tesla has shared a new video today called “Flying Through Giga Berlin” and it is an incredible look of inside the new factory, filmed by a mini drone touring the newly-opened factory. You can see the nearly 3-minute video below, shared to the Tesla YouTube channel and on Twitter: Tesla’s video above shows off production […]

First Tesla Model Y Deliveries Set to Take Place in Germany [PICS]

Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is officially delivering vehicles, and one observer showed off a Model Y Performance in what appears to be the electric SUV’s first delivery, from the Tesla service center in Mannheim, Germany. @Samuel_glb shared videos and photos of the newly delivered made-in-Germany Tesla Model Y Performance on Tuesday, saying two trucks arrived at […]

Watch: How a Tesla Model Y is Made at Giga Berlin [VIDEO]

Newly surfaced drone footage from inside Tesla’s now-operational Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg takes us on the same journey a Model Y takes across the production line, from casting to the paint job (via Reddit). The video is a recording of a television showing the process, that was on display during the recent Giga Berlin Model Y delivery event, […]

Elon Musk Confirms Attendance at Tesla’s Giga Berlin Delivery Event

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed he will be in attendance at the company’s upcoming delivery event at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, slated for Tuesday, March 22. Musk will personally hand over the first production cars assembled at the factory to customers. “Excited to hand over the first production cars made by Giga Berlin-Brandenburg tomorrow!” the Tesla […]

Tesla Revokes Drone Flyover Permits for Gigafactories in Berlin, Shanghai

YouTubers Giga Berlin / GF4Tesla (@Gf4Tesla) and Wu Wa (@bentv_sh) said on Thursday that Tesla had revoked their drone overflight permits for the company’s Gigafactories in Berlin and Shanghai. Hello Folks, I got a shocking message from @Tesla today, my drone overflight permit has been revoked. The reason was " breach of trust " it it […]

Elon Musk Expected to Attend Tesla’s Giga Berlin Delivery Event: Report

According to German business newspaper Handelsblatt, local politicians and officials expect Tesla CEO Elon Musk to be in attendance for the first customer deliveries out of the company’s $5 billion Berlin-Brandenburg Gigafactory (via Yahoo Finance). Tesla has scheduled a delivery day event for March 22 at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. “I expect that Elon Musk will be […]