Musk said during a ceremony at Germany's Golden Steering Wheel awards that the new "Gigafactory" would be "in the Berlin area." He said the company planned the facility "near the new airport" in Berlin and that Tesla would also set up a design center in the area. 🖤♥️💛 GIGA BERLIN 💛♥️🖤 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 12, 2019"We are also going to create an engineering and design center in Berlin because I think Berlin has some of the best art in the world." The news highlights a further global expansion for the electric automaker, which last month said its factory in China had started production. Tesla is estimated to have some 30 percent of the European market for battery-powered cars.

Source: The Local November 12, 2019 22:13 UTC