- tesla ceo elon musk announced that gigafactory 4 will be located in the berlin, germany, area.
- musk has had plans for a european factory, and it will be the ev company's second fully functioning plant outside of the u.s.
- the factory is expected to produce both the model 3 and the upcoming model y; musk tweeted today, "will build batteries, powertrains & vehicles, starting with model y."
the first model 3s have just rolled off the line at gigafactory 3 in china, and now tesla's ceo, elon musk, has announced that the ev company's next plant, to be named gigafactory 4, will be built in the berlin, germany, metropolitan area.
according to a report from reuters, musk announced the factory's planned location at an awards ceremony in germany. he said that it will be located near the new berlin airport. additionally, a tesla engineering and design center will be located in the german city.
musk has talked about building a factory in europe for some time now, and his company's fourth factory will be the first. so far, gigafactory 3 is tesla's first and only fully functioning factory outside the united states.
in a third-quarter report, tesla stated that the european gigafactory is expected to produce both the model 3 and the upcoming model y. tesla's production goal for the gigafactory 3 in china is 3000 model 3 cars per week; output for the european plant could be similar or higher.
tesla's gigafactorys are built fast. gigafactory 3 broke ground in china in january, and this month the first model 3 sedans rolled off the line.