Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin

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Post by etoykan » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in Berlin
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Post by choeger » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:11 PM UTC

Please drop your inevitable BER jokes below so we can recylce them properly later.

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Post by xvx » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:12 PM UTC

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.

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Post by pfundstein » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:15 PM UTC

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.

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Post by Major_Grooves » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:16 PM UTC

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.

tbh I would not have leapt to assume that was a Hitler reference. Germany is indeed famous for its factories.

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Post by alexdumitru » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:18 PM UTC

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.

How is that a reference to Hitler?

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Post by jaimex2 » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:19 PM UTC

For some reason the Age of Empires multiplayer taunt 'Hey, I'm in your town' comes to mind.

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

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Post by mdorazio » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:20 PM UTC

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?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:21 PM UTC

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.

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Post by Koremat6666 » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 10:22 PM UTC

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 ?