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Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by scarejunba »

pfundstein wrote: post #4
xvx wrote: post #3

Well, the Germans ARE world famous for their factories... Edit: I was definitely referencing the Shoah where Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered six million Jews with brutally inhumane and genocidal efficiency.

Edit: Ahh my bad, I jumped to the conclusion of this being a concentration camp reference. It was a bit of a stretch admittedly.

They're a manufacturing powerhouse. It's a joke referencing that Tesla is head to head with BMW/Volkswagen et. al. and is setting up in their backyard.

Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by webkike »

mdorazio wrote: post #8

They obviously needed to get one built in Europe sooner rather than later to boost marketshare there and stay ahead of demand without needing to ship from China or the US, but why Berlin? Does anyone know if they got subsidies out of it?

I think it makes sense. Berlin is very spacious and connected to a lot of cities via rail.

Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by agumonkey »

xvx wrote: post #3

Well, the Germans ARE world famous for their factories... Edit: I was definitely referencing the Shoah where Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered six million Jews with brutally inhumane and genocidal efficiency.

And their greenness

Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by TomMarius »

pfundstein wrote: post #4
xvx wrote: post #3

Well, the Germans ARE world famous for their factories... Edit: I was definitely referencing the Shoah where Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered six million Jews with brutally inhumane and genocidal efficiency.

Edit: Ahh my bad, I jumped to the conclusion of this being a concentration camp reference. It was a bit of a stretch admittedly.

Due to my recent visit to the awesome Mercedes museum, I thought of it as car reference... Especially considering that we're speaking about cars...

Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by TomMarius »

Koremat6666 wrote: post #10

Why should a GIGA factory be located near the airport and in a city ? A factory meant to mass produce something should be somewhere the land is cheap should not it be ?

Why not both when you can have it? Clearly there is some just right place in Berlin

Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by wirrbel »

webkike wrote: post #12
mdorazio wrote: post #8

They obviously needed to get one built in Europe sooner rather than later to boost marketshare there and stay ahead of demand without needing to ship from China or the US, but why Berlin? Does anyone know if they got subsidies out of it?

I think it makes sense. Berlin is very spacious and connected to a lot of cities via rail.

Berlin is about 230 km (140 miles) away from Wolfsburg, where Volkswagen is located. Pretty sure there is infrastructure and are suppliers nearby.

Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by danhak »

Koremat6666 wrote: post #10

Why should a GIGA factory be located near the airport and in a city ? A factory meant to mass produce something should be somewhere the land is cheap should not it be ?

The area immediately around major airports is usually not terribly desirable. I don’t know about Berlin, specifically.

Also it has to be close enough to the city to make commuting from the population center reasonable, no?

Re: Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by detaro »

mdorazio wrote: post #8

They obviously needed to get one built in Europe sooner rather than later to boost marketshare there and stay ahead of demand without needing to ship from China or the US, but why Berlin? Does anyone know if they got subsidies out of it?

Could be partially political. Close to federal power, far-ish (in a different state than) from other car companies. No idea if there's supplier or other partner concerns that align (some R&D stuff in Berlin maybe, if they plan on doing anything like that there? I know they work with some Berlin companies, but that doesn't seem so important). Would expect Brandenburg to give some kind of subsidy, but other states would too.
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