Tesla's German Gigafactory is finally on production! At 15:00 local time on March 22, Tesla's Berlin plant in Germany held a groundbreaking ceremony and handed over the first batch of 30 Model Y cars produced by the plant to customers.
This time is 9 months later than Musk's original time.
Musk has stated on social media: In any case, in July 2021, the German gigafactory will be put into operation as scheduled.
Tesla's German Gigafactory began planned construction in November 2019 and will be officially put into operation in March 2022, with a construction period of more than two years. For comparison, the construction period of Tesla's Shanghai factory is only 10 months.
During the construction of the German gigafactory, Tesla suffered from the impact of environmental protection policies and had to stop work and rectify, and since then it has been affected by the new crown epidemic. The more famous events are the "groundwater incident", "hibernating animal incident", "battery pollution incident", this series of events made Tesla lament "why is it so difficult to build a factory in Germany"?
But no matter what, Tesla has finally gone through this difficult journey, and then Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen will directly accept the impact brought by Tesla in The local area.
The Berlin Gigafactory was Tesla's first production center in Europe, located in Grünheide, 25 miles east of downtown Berlin. Tesla has invested $5.5 billion, or about 35 billion yuan, the biggest investment in recent years.
According to JPMorgan Chase's forecast, Tesla's Berlin plant will have a production capacity of about 54,000 vehicles in 2022, 280,000 units in 2023, and eventually an annual production capacity of 500,000 vehicles by 2025.
At present, Tesla's Shanghai factory has an annual output of 470,000 vehicles, and deliveries in 2021 account for 51.7% of Tesla's total deliveries, and the factory has recently begun to expand and renovate, and is expected to reach 1.1 million vehicles per year.
Currently, Tesla has a market share of about 13% in Europe, while its main rival Volkswagen Group currently has a 25% market share in the European electric vehicle market. In 2021, Tesla will sell about 168,000 units in Europe, of which the Model 3 will sell 141,400 units, while Volkswagen's electric vehicle sales will be about 310,000 units. With the Berlin plant on production, Tesla is expected to catch up with Volkswagen or even overtake soon.
Therefore, Musk was very excited at the delivery site, and continued the tradition of delivery at the Shanghai factory and danced again.
For domestic consumers, the commissioning of Tesla's German gigafactory means that the export volume of the Shanghai factory will be reduced, and the domestic car pick-up cycle may be shortened, which is good news for Tesla consumers who have placed orders.