AFP, SAN FRANCISCOA new Tesla Inc’s auto factory to serve the European market will be based in Germany, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Musk said during a ceremony at Germany’s Golden Steering Wheel awards that the new “Gigafactory” would be “in the Berlin area.”The company planned the facility “near the new airport” in Berlin and Tesla would also set up a design center in the area, he added. Musk offered few details, but reports have said Tesla hopes to start European production by 2021. He expected the Shanghai factory to hit “volume production” in a few months, and that it could be possible to significantly ramp up Tesla production. Tesla’s first “Gigafactory” was constructed in Nevada, and its vehicles are built mostly at a factory in Northern California.

Source: Taipei Times November 13, 2019 16:00 UTC