Tesla Berlin Battery Factory has not yet obtained a production license.

Published: Nov 30, 2020 11:54

SMM: it was reported in the news two days ago that Tesla's cell factory in Berlin will expand its production capacity to 250GWh.However, according to foreign media, the superbattery factory with amazing capacity still seems to be in a state of "nothing yet".

Tesla has not applied for permission to build the planned superbattery plant, according to the Brandenburg Ministry of Environment. Arne Christiani, mayor of Gr ü nheide, said: I have always understood that it is necessary to build a matching battery factory while building a car factory, especially that the batteries produced by this battery factory will also have new technologies that are more environmentally friendly.

"however, before officially starting together, Tesla needs to prepare an application form, and some approval procedures are necessary." Christiani said. At the same time, the relevant head of the Brandenburg Ministry of Environment also revealed that the Ministry of the Environment has not yet received an application from Tesla to make batteries.

According to previous reports, in addition to building a car super factory in Berlin, Tesla also has plans for a battery factory, which will be responsible for producing custom-made 4680 battery cores. At an European battery conference organized by the German Federal Ministry of economy last week, Musk said the battery factory could produce 100GWh batteries a year, which, if opened at full capacity, would reach 200 to 250GWh a year.

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