On March 22, 2022, Musk attended the opening of the Berlin factory as Tesla's CEO and the first Delivery of the Model Y produced at the Berlin Factory, during which Musk was in high spirits and even danced for a while while delivering the Model Y.
This dance may be related to the surprise it brought to the audience as the CEO at the first delivery ceremony of the Made in China Model 3 held at the Shanghai factory in January 2020 and attracted a lot of people's love.
And considering Tesla's efforts to get the Berlin factory officially operated, Musk's excitement today is understandable, after all, the initial production delivery activity of the Berlin factory was scheduled for the second half of last year, but in the middle of the construction, a series of events and strong opposition from environmental critics caused the project to progress much more slowly than expected, and even by the end of 2021, Tesla's Berlin factory will not be able to produce cars, and no one knows how long Tesla's Berlin factory will be postponed. During this period, Tesla tried a lot of efforts but the results were not obvious.
Although the Delays in the Berlin factory due to various problems in 2021 have put Tesla's European policy in a difficult situation, the situation in 2022 seems to have changed, with the Berlin plant being approved to produce test vehicles in January 2022, the Berlin plant receiving final environmental permits in early March, and now the start of delivery activities truly means that Tesla has completed the last 400 ancillary equipment requirements of the Berlin factory, and the vehicle production of Tesla's Berlin plant has officially started.
Musk then tweeted a message of gratitude to Germany, sharing his gratitude to Germany:
Thank you Germany!! --Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
After the event, Tesla's Berlin plant will also rapidly increase car production, although it may take some time for the Berlin plant to reach the level of the Fremont plant in the United States or the Shanghai plant in China, but the official operation of the plant will be a huge improvement for Tesla's production data this year.
In addition, Elon Musk has always placed high hopes on the Berlin Gigafactory, which will produce Tesla cars that represent the higher craftsmanship made in Germany, and the Berlin factory will also be home to Tesla's most advanced paint shop, musk has said many times before that the cars produced in the Berlin factory will provide unique shades that Tesla has not been able to obtain so far, including Musk's personal favorite deep red.
With the official delivery of the Berlin factory, the demand for vehicles produced in the Shanghai factory in Europe will slowly weaken, and the Shanghai factory will inevitably tilt the production quantity to domestic users, which will be a huge incentive for Tesla users in China who still need to wait for a long time to pick up the car.