Tesla will not start mass production of battery cells at its European gigafactory near Berlin before 2024, German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Friday, citing experts, two of whom are close to the company.
Tesla cars are seen at the V3 supercharger equipment during the presentation of the new charge system in the EUREF campus in Berlin, Germany September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photowill not start mass production of battery cells at its European gigafactory near Berlin before 2024, German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Friday, citing experts, two of whom are close to the company.
According to the report, problems have been discovered with an important production process presented by Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk two years ago.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comCurrently, battery research at the site in Gruenheide only covers electrodes, while all equipment for the remaining production steps of winding, assembling and formatting the cells are being moved to Tesla's headquarters in Texas, the report said.
At full capacity, the Gruenheide plant, which is still in the ramp-up phase, will produce 500,000 cars a year, more than the 450,000 battery-electric vehicles that German rival VolkswagenIt will also eventually generate 50 gigawatt hours of battery cells, but Tesla has not communicated a timeline for that part of production.
While tests with the technology are currently running successfully there is a lack of implementation in large-scale production, the report said.Writing by Rachel More and Ilona Wissenbach; Writing by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Paul Carrel, Kirsten Donovan
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