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Musk Sees Output in Germany Starting This Year Amid Delays
- Carmaker hosting county fair at factory site for 9,000 locals
- Auto plant near Berlin is still awaiting final approval
Elon Musk visits the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin in 2020.
Photographer: Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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Elon Musk plans for Tesla Inc.’s electric-car plant near Berlin to start producing vehicles as early as next month even as the U.S. company still awaits final approval for the project that’s been delayed by legal challenges.
The factory is to begin making Model Y cars in November or December, Musk said Saturday during a visit to the site in Gruenheide, where Tesla hosted thousands of locals at an Oktoberfest-style county fair. The plant will probably source batteries from Tesla’s facilities in China until a cell factory in Germany is completed, he said.