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location"><span class="latitude">52°23′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">13°47′24″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;</span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.395°N 13.790°E</span><span style="display:none">&#xfeff; / <span class="geo">52.395; 13.790</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry" title="Automotive industry">Automotive</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_Y" title="Tesla Model Y">Tesla Model Y</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">11,500</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">3&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (1.2&#160;sq&#160;mi; 740 acres)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data">Tesla Straße 1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tesla,_Inc." title="Tesla, Inc.">Tesla, Inc.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tesla.com/giga-berlin">www<wbr />.tesla<wbr />.com<wbr />/giga-berlin</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg</b> (also known as <b>Giga Berlin</b> or <b>Gigafactory 4</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> is a manufacturing plant for <a href="/wiki/Tesla,_Inc." title="Tesla, Inc.">Tesla, Inc.</a> in the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnheide_(Mark)" title="Grünheide (Mark)">Grünheide (Mark)</a> in the Brandenburg state of Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-electrek2019-11-13_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electrek2019-11-13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The campus is located 35 kilometres (20&#160;mi) southeast of central <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and some 8 kilometres (5&#160;mi) southeast of the Berlin state boundary at <a href="/wiki/Erkner" title="Erkner">Erkner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rahnsdorf" title="Rahnsdorf">Rahnsdorf</a>. Proximity to <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport" title="Berlin Brandenburg Airport">Berlin Brandenburg Airport</a> (about 20&#160;km or 12&#160;mi west) was explicitly cited as a factor in choosing the site. It is <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tesla_factories" title="List of Tesla factories">Tesla's first manufacturing location</a> in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The facility and its <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a> location were announced by Tesla CEO <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> on 12 November 2019, at the <a href="/wiki/Das_Goldene_Lenkrad" title="Das Goldene Lenkrad">Das Goldene Lenkrad</a> award show. The factory was planned to produce batteries, <a href="/wiki/Battery_pack" title="Battery pack">battery packs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Powertrain" title="Powertrain">powertrains</a> for use in Tesla vehicles, and also assemble the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_Y" title="Tesla Model Y">Tesla Model Y</a>, with a proposed start of production in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-eruactiv20191113_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eruactiv20191113-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-electrek2019-11-13_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electrek2019-11-13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Construction work began in early 2020 with site preparation and <a href="/wiki/Building_foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Building foundation">foundation</a> work underway.<sup id="cite_ref-trati20200626_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trati20200626-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The factory was expected to begin operations in July 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-brandenburg-2020-01-03_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brandenburg-2020-01-03-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but that was delayed due to administrative troubles. The "Giga Fest" celebration of completion was held in October 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and on 22 March 2022, the factory officially opened.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_2022_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_2022-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shead_2022_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shead_2022-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6665.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6665.jpg/220px-20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6665.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6665.jpg/330px-20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6665.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6665.jpg/440px-20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6665.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2267" data-file-height="1382" /></a><figcaption>Freienbrink industrial estate and construction site in April 2020</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Planning_and_locating_(2015–2018)"><span id="Planning_and_locating_.282015.E2.80.932018.29"></span>Planning and locating (2015–2018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Planning and locating (2015–2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initial discussion of a Tesla gigafactory in Europe occurred as early as 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-transportevolved20151117_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transportevolved20151117-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The factory was then thought to be a combined <a href="/wiki/Electric_battery" title="Electric battery">electric battery</a> manufacturing facility and <a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">automobile</a> factory.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian-2016-11-08_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian-2016-11-08-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-muskgrandopeningcomments20160729_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muskgrandopeningcomments20160729-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2016, Tesla was anticipating to announce the factory in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-electrek-2016-11-08_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electrek-2016-11-08-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The factory had been occasionally referred to as "Gigafactory 2", before the name was used for <a href="/wiki/Gigafactory_New_York" title="Gigafactory New York">Gigafactory New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2017, the Europe Gigafactory was expected to be named either Gigafactory 4 or 5.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tesla4Q2016final_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tesla4Q2016final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In November 2019, it became Gigafactory 4<sup id="cite_ref-electrek20191112_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electrek20191112-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and then Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. </p><p>More than ten European countries had campaigned to have the factory located within their jurisdictions.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Futurism-2016-12-01_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futurism-2016-12-01-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>In April 2016, a <a href="/wiki/Government_of_France" title="Government of France">French minister</a> suggested turning the soon to be shuttered <a href="/wiki/Fessenheim_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant">Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant</a> into <i>Gigafactory 2</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-ABC-2016-04-06_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-2016-04-06-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> supported by two ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Dutch minister of economic affairs, <a href="/wiki/Henk_Kamp" title="Henk Kamp">Henk Kamp</a>, announced plans to attract Tesla later in 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and campaigned for the plant at several locations.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They promoted the idea of synergy with the European headquarters of Tesla, already located in the Netherlands, which is a finishing plant.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> near <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a> was reported as a possibility in 2016. A nearby 330,000 tonnes (360,000 tons) <a href="/wiki/Lithium" title="Lithium">lithium</a> deposit was thought a relevant factor, at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Germany's then-federal minister for economic affairs and energy, <a href="/wiki/Sigmar_Gabriel" title="Sigmar Gabriel">Sigmar Gabriel</a>, stated that Tesla was in talks with the government during 2015 over a Gigafactory there.<sup id="cite_ref-transportevolved20151117_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transportevolved20151117-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Authorities, companies and over 100,000 citizens in the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Lusatia" title="Lower Lusatia">Lower Lusatia</a> region (100&#160;km (62&#160;mi) southeast of Berlin, near the <a href="/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Poland_border" title="Germany–Poland border">Germany–Poland border</a>) urged Tesla to consider siting a factory in the region, close to the Czech lithium. They suggested the <a href="/wiki/EuroSpeedway_Lausitz" class="mw-redirect" title="EuroSpeedway Lausitz">EuroSpeedway Lausitz</a> for drive tests, along with <a href="/wiki/Dekra" title="Dekra">Dekra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Portugal" title="Government of Portugal">Portugal</a> pursued the plant in 2016 with an internet campaign and governmental negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-algarvedailynews-2016-11-18_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-algarvedailynews-2016-11-18-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Portugal has the largest lithium reserves in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paterna" title="Paterna">Paterna</a>, Spain<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was also in pursuit of being selected by late 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-electrek-2016-11-29_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electrek-2016-11-29-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Futurism-2016-12-01_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futurism-2016-12-01-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>'s city of <a href="/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa">Vaasa</a> announced a government supported initiative to attract the factory in 2016, citing both nearby <a href="/wiki/Lithium_carbonate" title="Lithium carbonate">lithium carbonate</a> deposits, <a href="/wiki/Kokkola#Economy" title="Kokkola">a large refinery</a> for <a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt">cobalt</a> and an annual 50,000-tonne <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a> production.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> drew the attention of Tesla<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (January 2023)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> in January 2017 when the local gaming community united to recreate the potential Gigafactory in <i><a href="/wiki/Minecraft" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Estonian government was also pursuing Tesla to be selected, claiming a good geographical and logistical location, plus 140&#160;MW renewable energy with total control over the pricing for the factory in PAKRI Smart Industrial City at <a href="/wiki/Pakri_Peninsula" title="Pakri Peninsula">Pakri Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul><p> There was intense <a href="/wiki/Regulatory_competition" title="Regulatory competition">competition among European countries</a> to host the Gigafactory because of its expected significant contribution to the economy. The sprawling facility, which is expected to be one of the largest manufacturing lines in Europe, will need a considerable number of employees despite many highly automated processes. There is also a concerted effort in the region to encourage battery manufacturing since it is viewed as a strategic economic measure due to an increasing global transition towards renewable energy.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2018 report revealed, for instance, that the world will need at least 25 more gigafactories by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The projected uptick in demand for electric cars and in-home power storage systems is causing concern about a European fuel dependency on Asia, which, as of early 2018, accounted for 88 per cent of global battery manufacturing capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-politicoref_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politicoref-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 2018, European governments were providing subsidies and incentives to companies like Tesla as well as local battery manufacturing startups like <a href="/wiki/Northvolt" title="Northvolt">Northvolt</a> and TerraE to build production infrastructure within its borders.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Matthias Machnig, state secretary at the German economy ministry:</p><blockquote><p>We are in the center of the biggest and deepest change in the automotive industry since its beginning. We would be naïve to think we can handle battery technology as a commodity that can be bought anywhere in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-politicoref_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politicoref-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction_and_opening_(2019–2021)"><span id="Construction_and_opening_.282019.E2.80.932021.29"></span>Construction and opening (2019–2021)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Construction and opening (2019–2021)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6657.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6657.jpg/220px-20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6657.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6657.jpg/330px-20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6657.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6657.jpg/440px-20-04-23-Fotoflug-Ostbrandenburg-RalfR-_DSF6657.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2371" data-file-height="1581" /></a><figcaption>Grünheide, Tesla construction site in the background</figcaption></figure> <p>On 12 November 2019, the selection of the <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a> location for the Gigafactory 4 facility was officially announced by Tesla CEO <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Das_Goldene_Lenkrad" title="Das Goldene Lenkrad">Das Goldene Lenkrad</a></i> award show, held in Berlin. Giga Berlin is expected to produce batteries, <a href="/wiki/Battery_pack" title="Battery pack">battery packs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Powertrain" title="Powertrain">powertrains</a> for use in Tesla vehicles. It will also do assembly of the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_Y" title="Tesla Model Y">Tesla Model Y</a>, which had been previously announced for Gigafactory 4 in March 2019. Construction of the facility was then planned to begin in early 2020, with a proposed start of production in late 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-eruactiv20191113_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eruactiv20191113-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-electrek2019-11-13_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electrek2019-11-13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Musk also announced the establishment of a new design and development centre in nearby Berlin.<sup id="cite_ref-Metzner_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metzner-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By February 2020, environmental challenges had been cleared in court decisions which allowed vegetation on the site to begin being cleared.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction work had begun by May 2020 with initial <a href="/wiki/Building_foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Building foundation">foundation</a> work underway, the set up of the first four <a href="/wiki/Construction_crane" class="mw-redirect" title="Construction crane">construction cranes</a>, and the beginning of the arrival of trainloads of building materials including pillars and beams.<sup id="cite_ref-trati20200626_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trati20200626-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Musk has stated the construction will come together at an "impossible-seeming speed" due to the use of <a href="/wiki/Prefabrication" title="Prefabrication">prefabricated construction techniques.</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 October 2021, Tesla held the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg County Fair where they invited 9000 local guests to tour the factory.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Approval_and_production_(2022–)"><span id="Approval_and_production_.282022.E2.80.93.29"></span>Approval and production (2022–)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Approval and production (2022–)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">government of Brandenburg</a> granted Giga Berlin-Brandenburg its final environmental approval.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the approval did not give Tesla the capacity to immediately start.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 22 March 2022, Giga Berlin was officially opened. Several protesters gathered outside the facility to raise their concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_2022_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_2022-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shead_2022_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shead_2022-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 29 April, the factory started to produce Model Y Performance with 2170-cells.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later in December it was reported that the company faced issues with filling positions, working conditions, retaining trained employees, and a high level of absenteeism at the factory.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ramp-up of Gigafactory Berlin has been meticulously tracked and made easily known through Tesla Inc. publicly announcing the factory's achievements once accomplished: On 17 June 2022, Gigafactory Berlin reportedly reached a run rate of 1,000 units per week,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and by 25 March 2023, Gigafactory Berlin hit 5,000 units per week.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tesla lowered the production target to 4,350 a week in July and August, and plans to reduce it further.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Currently, the carmaker is planning to expand Gigafactory Berlin, which employs nearly 12,000 people, to increase production from an annual 250,000 vehicles to 1 million vehicles per year in the long term, but is putting the plans on hold as long as market conditions do not improve.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg manufactures batteries, <a href="/wiki/Battery_pack" title="Battery pack">battery packs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Powertrain" title="Powertrain">powertrains</a> and seats with work including casting, stamping, painting, drivetrain assembly and final assembly of Model Y and future models with an annual capacity eventually reaching 500,000 cars.<sup id="cite_ref-brandenburg-2020-01-03_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brandenburg-2020-01-03-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Initial production will be of the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Model_Y" title="Tesla Model Y">Tesla Model Y</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-electrek2019-11-13_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electrek2019-11-13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The expected cost for the factory is around €4&#160;billion.<sup id="cite_ref-dw2019-11-17_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw2019-11-17-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Site">Site</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The campus is 35 kilometres (20&#160;mi) south-east of central <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Berlin%E2%80%93Wroc%C5%82aw_railway" title="Berlin–Wrocław railway">Berlin–Wrocław railway</a>, which forms the north border of the site between <a href="/wiki/Erkner_station" title="Erkner station">Erkner station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fangschleuse_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Fangschleuse railway station">Fangschleuse railway station</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Bundesautobahn_10" title="Bundesautobahn 10">A10 motorway</a>, which forms the west border.<sup id="cite_ref-cityplans_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityplans-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-szBalser_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-szBalser-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Extending north from the 1-square-kilometre (0.4&#160;sq&#160;mi) "GVZ Freienbrink" <a href="/wiki/Distribution_center" title="Distribution center">logistics centre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bild2019-12-11_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bild2019-12-11-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the area was an undeveloped 3-square-kilometre (1.2&#160;sq&#160;mi) <a href="/wiki/Greenfield_land" title="Greenfield land">greenfield land</a> site designated <a href="/wiki/Industrial_park" title="Industrial park">industrial zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was planned as a location for a <a href="/wiki/BMW" title="BMW">BMW</a> car factory around the year 2000, but BMW chose <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Much larger <a href="/wiki/Pine" title="Pine">pine</a> meadows in a <a href="/wiki/Landscape-scale_conservation" title="Landscape-scale conservation">landscape-scale conservation</a><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> surround Freienbrink and a <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landesbetrieb_Forst_Brandenburg" class="extiw" title="de:Landesbetrieb Forst Brandenburg">state-owned</a> man-made forest of low-quality <a href="/wiki/Monoculture" title="Monoculture">monoculture</a> harvest-ready planted pine<sup id="cite_ref-croy2020-01-11_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-croy2020-01-11-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> trees occupied the site, and authorities expected Tesla to mitigate <a href="/wiki/Felling" title="Felling">felling</a> by planting new trees of more diverse variety.<sup id="cite_ref-zeit2019-11-13_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zeit2019-11-13-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lr2019-12-13_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lr2019-12-13-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 160 hectares of vegetation was cleared for the factory, and by 2022, 265 hectares of new multiple-species forest had been planted elsewhere. The pines are planned to be reforested with additional species.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance" title="Unexploded ordnance">Old ordnance</a> complicated site clearing,<sup id="cite_ref-mazWoidke_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mazWoidke-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-surv_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-surv-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and seven bombs (85&#160;kg total) were detonated in a <a href="/wiki/Controlled_explosion" title="Controlled explosion">controlled explosion</a> in January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-rbb2020-01-26_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbb2020-01-26-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The site also interrupts the route of the Old Postal Road (Grünheide Alte Poststraße).<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The environmental report indicated that the ground is <a href="/wiki/Sand#sources" title="Sand">valley sand</a>, and contains some pollution with heavy metals.<sup id="cite_ref-gf4enviro_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gf4enviro-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Purchase contract on the land was expected to be completed in December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In December 2019, Tesla clarified an expected European Gigafactory production rate of approximately 500,000 vehicles per year.<sup id="cite_ref-trati20191211_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trati20191211-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tesla was to pay €13.50 per square metre for the 300-hectare (740-acre) site, to the sum of ~€41&#160;million.<sup id="cite_ref-spiegel-20200108_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spiegel-20200108-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2020, German media reported that Tesla had approved the contract to buy the land for €41&#160;million;<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tesla signed the contract and the state <a href="/wiki/Notary" title="Notary">notarized</a> the contract on 29 January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logistics">Logistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Logistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current water supply (from <a href="/wiki/Strausberg" title="Strausberg">Strausberg</a>-Erkner) is sufficient for the first phase of a quarter million cars, but the second (to half a million cars) and third (to 3–4&#160;million cars) phases need further water supply.<sup id="cite_ref-lr2019-12-13_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lr2019-12-13-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Water_purification" title="Water purification">Water purification</a> is to be supplied by <a href="/wiki/Distillation" title="Distillation">distillation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reverse_osmosis" title="Reverse osmosis">reverse osmosis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Additional facilities will include a <a href="/wiki/Waste_water_treatment" class="mw-redirect" title="Waste water treatment">waste water treatment</a> plant with a capacity of 252 cubic metres per hour (8,900&#160;cu&#160;ft/h), a central supply building, an area for in- and outgoing deliveries (rail and truck) as well as employee parking lots.<sup id="cite_ref-brandenburg-2020-01-03_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brandenburg-2020-01-03-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ct2020-01-05_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct2020-01-05-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Niederbarnimer_Eisenbahn" title="Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn">Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn</a> began operating a free 400-seat <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Talent" title="Bombardier Talent">Bombardier Talent</a> diesel <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_train" title="Shuttle train">shuttle train</a> between Fangschleuse station and the factory in September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the reasons for choosing Brandenburg were that the industrial site is expandable, the state has the highest production of <a href="/wiki/Green_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Green power">green power</a> per citizen in Germany, and there are qualified workers in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-spiegel2019-11-13_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spiegel2019-11-13-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Suppliers also set up facilities in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location_concerns">Location concerns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Location concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The project is subject to a number of concerns, including potential impacts to the water supply and local wildlife, and about proper wastewater disposal.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the public hearing in Stadthalle Erkner protesters were concerned that the chemicals in the factory pose a violation of the AwSV §49, which means that the plans for the factory must be stopped.<sup id="cite_ref-StadthalleProtokoll_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StadthalleProtokoll-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Among the forest residents are reptiles, ants and birds which must be relocated before felling. There may be an endangered species of bat;<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the district <a href="/wiki/Forester" title="Forester">forester</a> who planted trees says the bats prefer trees older than 80 years to roost in them.<sup id="cite_ref-croy2020-01-11_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-croy2020-01-11-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A group of neighbouring municipalities formed in December 2019 to handle issues like traffic, infrastructure and residential developments.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance" title="Unexploded ordnance">Unexploded WWII-era bombs</a> are commonly found in German soil, and seven bombs (85 kg total) were removed from the site in January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-rbb2020-01-26_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbb2020-01-26-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Further were found during the expansion phase in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 April 2020, <a href="/wiki/Potsdamer_Neueste_Nachrichten" title="Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten">Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten</a> (also known as The PNN) reported the soil in the foundation area is sandy, therefore requiring a different type of foundation than what was planned. According to the report, the changes are not simple. Tesla will need to update their application with the local government, probably requiring a public hearing.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The text near this tag is dated. (April 2020)">needs update</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>On 15 October 2020, <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> reported that the German utility company WSE was shutting off water to the construction site due to unpaid bills.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill was paid and the water was restored the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incidents">Incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 26 September 2022, a fire broke out at the factory after 800&#160;m<sup>3</sup> (1,050&#160;cu&#160;yd) of cardboard and wood caught fire in the factory's recycling facility.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The fire brigades of the municipality of Grünheide were called at 3:33&#160;a.m. by the Tesla plant fire brigade. 50 firefighters were dispatched, which fought the fire until close to 8:00&#160;am.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> No injuries were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Criticisms came from groups opposing the factory construction, such as the <a href="/wiki/Citizens%27_assembly" title="Citizens&#39; assembly">citizens' initiatives</a> and the Strausberg Erkner Water Board (WSE), which called for an immediate stop of Giga Berlin's vehicle production.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of September, the German weekly magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Stern_(magazine)" title="Stern (magazine)">Stern</a></i> started an investigative report series "Inside Tesla" that raised serious concerns against Tesla and Brandenburg politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Accusations included a high number of serious violations of occupational health and safety and environmental regulations. The reports cited three times as many emergencies occurred at Grünheide as compared to the similarly-sized Audi factory in Ingolstadt.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2024, the plant was forced to halt production after an electricity substation was set alight in a suspected arson attack.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The incident was later claimed to have been caused by the "Volcano Group", a left-wing extremist group operating in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Protestors against the proposed expansion of the factory began assembling near the factory in early February 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A camp belonging to the Stop Tesla initiative formed and activists built treehouses as an encampment tactic.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After a second camp coalesced in the woodlands adjacent to the factory, the participants planned a five-day protest for early May 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tesla learned of the event and temporarily closed the factory in anticipation. During the protest, dozens of activists stormed the factory grounds and clashed with police.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Labor_relations">Labor relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Labor relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tesla_and_unions#Giga_Berlin" title="Tesla and unions">Tesla and unions §&#160;Giga_Berlin</a></div> <p>As of October&#160;2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, according to Brandenburg's Minister of Health Ursula Nonnemacher, Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg employs 11,500 people.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The labor union <a href="/wiki/IG_Metall" title="IG Metall">IG Metall</a> stated more than 1,000 employees have jointly demanded improved working conditions in a first-time campaign at the Grünheide factory and numerous Tesla employees have complained about poor working conditions. The workers criticized the workload as "extreme" due to short cycle times, a lack of personnel and excessive production targets. Employees also pointed to serious deficiencies in health protection, which led to sickness rates of up to around 30 percent and a high number of work accidents.<sup id="cite_ref-tagesschau_2023_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tagesschau_2023-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When the union put up stickers in 2023 that read, "Our health is more important than the next billion to Elon," Tesla warned of disciplinary action that included termination without notice.<sup id="cite_ref-tagesschau_2023_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tagesschau_2023-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid-June 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Business_Insider" title="Business Insider">Business Insider</a> reported that the Tesla factory in Grünheide had reduced special shifts in the second quarter. The number of regular work shifts in the factory were also reduced from three to two and a half. Insider sources alleged that hundreds of temporary positions in the factory faced lay-offs.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opposition">Opposition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2024, the local <a href="/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany" title="Alternative for Germany">Alternative for Germany</a> (AfD) opposes Tesla’s expansion plan.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tesla_factories" title="List of Tesla factories">List of Tesla factories</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Bild&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla+schrumpft+sein+deutsches+Autowerk&amp;rft.date=2020-07&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bild.de%2Fregional%2Fberlin%2Fberlin-aktuell%2Fkeine-batterie-produktion-tesla-schrumpft-deutsches-autowerk-71616106.bild.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1194373823912538112">Will build batteries, powertrains &amp; vehicles, starting with Model Y</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191113074941/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1194373823912538112">Archived</a> 13 November 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Elon Musk, 12 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dw2019-11-17-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dw2019-11-17_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaudenmaier2019" class="citation news cs1">Staudenmaier, Rebecca (17 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dw.com/en/tesla-factory-outside-berlin-to-cost-4-billion/a-51286353">"Tesla factory outside Berlin to cost €4&#160;billion"</a>. Deutsche Welle. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191119003305/https://www.dw.com/en/tesla-factory-outside-berlin-to-cost-4-billion/a-51286353">Archived</a> from the original on 19 November 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla+factory+outside+Berlin+to+cost+%E2%82%AC4+billion&amp;rft.date=2019-11-17&amp;rft.aulast=Staudenmaier&amp;rft.aufirst=Rebecca&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Ftesla-factory-outside-berlin-to-cost-4-billion%2Fa-51286353&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cityplans-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cityplans_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSpannagel2019" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Spannagel, Lars (26 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tagesspiegel.de/themen/reportage/wie-gross-kann-der-ort-werden-und-was-ist-mit-kitas-wie-tesla-gruenheide-traeumen-laesst/25233850.html">"Wie Tesla Grünheide träumen läsurl=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/themen/reportage/wie-gross-kann-der-ort-werden-und-was-ist-mit-kitas-wie-tesla-gruenheide-traeumen-laesst/25233850.html"</a>. <i>Der Tagesspiegel</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191116141930/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/themen/reportage/wie-gross-kann-der-ort-werden-und-was-ist-mit-kitas-wie-tesla-gruenheide-traeumen-laesst/25233850.html">Archived</a> from the original on 16 November 2019. <q>The property on which Tesla wants to build begins right next to the train station, around 300 hectares, logistically perfectly located between the motorway and the train route</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Der+Tagesspiegel&amp;rft.atitle=Wie+Tesla+Gr%C3%BCnheide+tr%C3%A4umen+l%C3%A4surl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagesspiegel.de%2Fthemen%2Freportage%2Fwie-gross-kann-der-ort-werden-und-was-ist-mit-kitas-wie-tesla-gruenheide-traeumen-laesst%2F25233850.html&amp;rft.date=2019-11-26&amp;rft.aulast=Spannagel&amp;rft.aufirst=Lars&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagesspiegel.de%2Fthemen%2Freportage%2Fwie-gross-kann-der-ort-werden-und-was-ist-mit-kitas-wie-tesla-gruenheide-traeumen-laesst%2F25233850.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-szBalser-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-szBalser_68-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBalserHäglerHeidtmannKunkel2019" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Balser, Markus; Hägler, Max; Heidtmann, Jan; Kunkel, Christina (14 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/tesla-musk-gigafactory-deutschland-brandenburg-1.4680397">"Tesla: Eine Gigafactory für Brandenburg"</a>. <i>Süddeutsche.de</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191217230131/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/tesla-musk-gigafactory-deutschland-brandenburg-1.4680397">Archived</a> from the original on 17 December 2019. <q>the railway line from Berlin to Frankfurt an der Oder crosses with the Berliner Ring. 30 people had negotiated for six months, "that is a huge number for Brandenburg". The decisive factor, however, was that "we are the leaders in the supply of renewable energies," said Woidke</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=S%C3%BCddeutsche.de&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla%3A+Eine+Gigafactory+f%C3%BCr+Brandenburg&amp;rft.date=2019-11-14&amp;rft.aulast=Balser&amp;rft.aufirst=Markus&amp;rft.au=H%C3%A4gler%2C+Max&amp;rft.au=Heidtmann%2C+Jan&amp;rft.au=Kunkel%2C+Christina&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sueddeutsche.de%2Fwirtschaft%2Ftesla-musk-gigafactory-deutschland-brandenburg-1.4680397&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gruenheide-mark.de/seite/325086/gvz-freienbrink.html">"Grünheide (Mark) – GVZ Freienbrink"</a>. <i>gruenheide-mark.de</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191113163953/https://www.gruenheide-mark.de/seite/325086/gvz-freienbrink.html">Archived</a> from the original on 13 November 2019. <q>96+300 hectares</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=gruenheide-mark.de&amp;rft.atitle=Gr%C3%BCnheide+%28Mark%29+%E2%80%93+GVZ+Freienbrink&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gruenheide-mark.de%2Fseite%2F325086%2Fgvz-freienbrink.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bild2019-12-11-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bild2019-12-11_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoetsch2019" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Moetsch, Matthias (11 December 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bild.de/auto/mobilitaet-reisen-motorrad/mobilitaet-und-mehr/tesla-zieht-nach-gruenheide-wir-sind-die-neuen-nachbarn-von-elon-musk-66369144.bild.html">"Tesla zieht nach Grünheide: Wir sind die neuen Nachbarn von Elon Musk"</a>. <i>Bild</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191214024220/https://www.bild.de/auto/mobilitaet-reisen-motorrad/mobilitaet-und-mehr/tesla-zieht-nach-gruenheide-wir-sind-die-neuen-nachbarn-von-elon-musk-66369144.bild.html">Archived</a> from the original on 14 December 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Bild&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla+zieht+nach+Gr%C3%BCnheide%3A+Wir+sind+die+neuen+Nachbarn+von+Elon+Musk&amp;rft.date=2019-12-11&amp;rft.aulast=Moetsch&amp;rft.aufirst=Matthias&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bild.de%2Fauto%2Fmobilitaet-reisen-motorrad%2Fmobilitaet-und-mehr%2Ftesla-zieht-nach-gruenheide-wir-sind-die-neuen-nachbarn-von-elon-musk-66369144.bild.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLambert2019" class="citation web cs1">Lambert, Fred (12 December 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ww.electrek.co/2019/12/12/tesla-gigafactory-4-leaked-plans-reveal-room-for-expansions/">"Tesla Gigafactory 4 leaked plans reveal room for expansion"</a>. <i>Electrek</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Electrek&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla+Gigafactory+4+leaked+plans+reveal+room+for+expansion&amp;rft.date=2019-12-12&amp;rft.aulast=Lambert&amp;rft.aufirst=Fred&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fww.electrek.co%2F2019%2F12%2F12%2Ftesla-gigafactory-4-leaked-plans-reveal-room-for-expansions%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title="&#160;Dead link tagged March 2022">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">&#8205;</span>&#93;</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gruenheide-mark.de/news/index.php?rubrik=1&amp;news=533515&amp;typ=1">"Grünheide (Mark) – Tesla-Gigafactory in Grünheide (Mark) | Freienbrink"</a>. <i>www.gruenheide-mark.de</i>. 15 November 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191120062710/https://www.gruenheide-mark.de/news/index.php?rubrik=1&amp;news=533515&amp;typ=1">Archived</a> from the original on 20 November 2019. <q>built on a 300 hectare lot in the industrial park Freienbrink</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=www.gruenheide-mark.de&amp;rft.atitle=Gr%C3%BCnheide+%28Mark%29+%E2%80%93+Tesla-Gigafactory+in+Gr%C3%BCnheide+%28Mark%29+%7C+Freienbrink&amp;rft.date=2019-11-15&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gruenheide-mark.de%2Fnews%2Findex.php%3Frubrik%3D1%26news%3D533515%26typ%3D1&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fpb.de/archiv/pdf_e_book/1301_bebauungsplan_freinbrink_13_e.pdf">"Bebauungsplan Nr. 13 "Freienbrink – Nord" Gemeinde Grünheide"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Freie Planungsgruppe Berlin GmbH. May 2002. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160404222221/http://fpb.de/archiv/pdf_e_book/1301_bebauungsplan_freinbrink_13_e.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 4 April 2016. <q>Size and type of use: 300 hectares industrial zone</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Bebauungsplan+Nr.+13+%22Freienbrink+%E2%80%93+Nord%22+Gemeinde+Gr%C3%BCnheide&amp;rft.pub=Freie+Planungsgruppe+Berlin+GmbH&amp;rft.date=2002-05&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffpb.de%2Farchiv%2Fpdf_e_book%2F1301_bebauungsplan_freinbrink_13_e.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.protectedplanet.net/20777">"Müggelspree-Löcknitzer Wald- Und Seengebiet"</a>. <i>Protected Planet</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211415/http://www.protectedplanet.net/20777">Archived</a> from the original on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Protected+Planet&amp;rft.atitle=M%C3%BCggelspree-L%C3%B6cknitzer+Wald-+Und+Seengebiet&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.protectedplanet.net%2F20777&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-croy2020-01-11-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-croy2020-01-11_75-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-croy2020-01-11_75-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCroyé2020" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Croyé, Melanie (11 January 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/2020-01/freienbrink-brandenburg-tesla-autohersteller-waldstueck-verkauf/komplettansicht">"Freienbrink: Alles weg für Tesla"</a>. <i>Die Zeit</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200111180846/https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/2020-01/freienbrink-brandenburg-tesla-autohersteller-waldstueck-verkauf/komplettansicht">Archived</a> from the original on 11 January 2020. <q>The forest has a history with many contaminated sites, there is an old anti-aircraft position of the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>, heaps of bombs and ammunition remains. During <a href="/wiki/German_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="German Democratic Republic">GDR</a> times, the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Army" title="National People&#39;s Army">National People's Army</a> used the site as a storage space, huge halls stood here. That is why so many people are out and about in the forest these days: four explosives companies have sent their employees to comb through the huge forest. Only when all weapon remains have been removed can trees be felled. An old illegal dump must also be removed</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Die+Zeit&amp;rft.atitle=Freienbrink%3A+Alles+weg+f%C3%BCr+Tesla&amp;rft.date=2020-01-11&amp;rft.aulast=Croy%C3%A9&amp;rft.aufirst=Melanie&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fwirtschaft%2Funternehmen%2F2020-01%2Ffreienbrink-brandenburg-tesla-autohersteller-waldstueck-verkauf%2Fkomplettansicht&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDiehr2019" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Diehr, Annemarie (15 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.moz.de/landkreise/oder-spree/fuerstenwalde/artikel6/dg/0/1/1765629/">"Tesla: Giga-Fabrik verdrängt Nadelbäume in Grünheide"</a>. <i>MOZ.de</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200122213336/https://www.moz.de/landkreise/oder-spree/fuerstenwalde/artikel6/dg/0/1/1765629/">Archived</a> from the original on 22 January 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=MOZ.de&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla%3A+Giga-Fabrik+verdr%C3%A4ngt+Nadelb%C3%A4ume+in+Gr%C3%BCnheide&amp;rft.date=2019-11-15&amp;rft.aulast=Diehr&amp;rft.aufirst=Annemarie&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moz.de%2Flandkreise%2Foder-spree%2Ffuerstenwalde%2Fartikel6%2Fdg%2F0%2F1%2F1765629%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-zeit2019-11-13-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-zeit2019-11-13_77-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCroyé2019" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Croyé, Melanie (13 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/2019-11/tesla-gruenheide-brandenburg-gigafactory-fabrik-werk-berlin/komplettansicht">"Tesla in Grünheide: "Jetzt sind wir endlich dran"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Die Zeit</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191113191143/https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/2019-11/tesla-gruenheide-brandenburg-gigafactory-fabrik-werk-berlin/komplettansicht">Archived</a> from the original on 13 November 2019. <q>The place is already dominated by an industrial area, the GVZ Freienbrink. The Edeka regional central warehouse is located there, and several other companies, especially logistics companies, are already taking advantage of the practical location on the eastern Berliner Ring. worst quality forest</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Die+Zeit&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla+in+Gr%C3%BCnheide%3A+%22Jetzt+sind+wir+endlich+dran%22&amp;rft.date=2019-11-13&amp;rft.aulast=Croy%C3%A9&amp;rft.aufirst=Melanie&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fwirtschaft%2Funternehmen%2F2019-11%2Ftesla-gruenheide-brandenburg-gigafactory-fabrik-werk-berlin%2Fkomplettansicht&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lr2019-12-13-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lr2019-12-13_78-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lr2019-12-13_78-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThiessen2019" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Thiessen, Ulrich (13 December 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lr-online.de/nachrichten/brandenburg/wirtschaft-land-kauft-mit-tesla-erloes-neuen-wald-41514745.html">"Wirtschaft: Land kauft mit Tesla-Erlös neuen Wald"</a>. <i>lr-online.de</i> (in German). Lausitzer Rundschau. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210411103328/https://www.lr-online.de/nachrichten/brandenburg/wirtschaft-land-kauft-mit-tesla-erloes-neuen-wald-41514745.html">Archived</a> from the original on 11 April 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2019</span>. <q>The state forestry company is in negotiations to sell 300 hectares of forest in Grünheide to Tesla</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=lr-online.de&amp;rft.atitle=Wirtschaft%3A+Land+kauft+mit+Tesla-Erl%C3%B6s+neuen+Wald&amp;rft.date=2019-12-13&amp;rft.aulast=Thiessen&amp;rft.aufirst=Ulrich&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lr-online.de%2Fnachrichten%2Fbrandenburg%2Fwirtschaft-land-kauft-mit-tesla-erloes-neuen-wald-41514745.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicola2020" class="citation web cs1">Nicola, Stefan (17 January 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-hurries-tiny-german-town-050041629.html">"Inside Tesla's Attack on Germany's Auto Establishment"</a>. Yahoo! Finance. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200118160959/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-hurries-tiny-german-town-050041629.html">Archived</a> from the original on 18 January 2020. <q>The forest is classified as a harvest-ready, inferior pine forest," Christiani said. "It was never supposed to be a rain forest.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Inside+Tesla%27s+Attack+on+Germany%27s+Auto+Establishment&amp;rft.pub=Yahoo%21+Finance&amp;rft.date=2020-01-17&amp;rft.aulast=Nicola&amp;rft.aufirst=Stefan&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Ftesla-hurries-tiny-german-town-050041629.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rbb24.de/studiofrankfurt/wirtschaft/tesla/2022/02/wald-aufforstung-tesla-gruenheide.html">"So steht es um Teslas Aufforstung"</a>. <i>rbb24.de</i> (in German). 15 February 2022. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220215200400/https://www.rbb24.de/studiofrankfurt/wirtschaft/tesla/2022/02/wald-aufforstung-tesla-gruenheide.html">Archived</a> from the original on 15 February 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=rbb24.de&amp;rft.atitle=So+steht+es+um+Teslas+Aufforstung&amp;rft.date=2022-02-15&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbb24.de%2Fstudiofrankfurt%2Fwirtschaft%2Ftesla%2F2022%2F02%2Fwald-aufforstung-tesla-gruenheide.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mazWoidke-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mazWoidke_81-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.maz-online.de/Brandenburg/Brandenburgs-Ministerpraesident-Woidke-haelt-Zeitplan-fuer-Tesla-Fabrik-fuer-ambitioniert-aber-machbar">"Brandenburgs Ministerpräsident Woidke hält Zeitplan für Tesla-Fabrik für ambitioniert – aber machbar"</a>. <i>MAZ – Märkische Allgemeine</i> (in German). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210411103328/https://www.maz-online.de/Brandenburg/Brandenburgs-Ministerpraesident-Woidke-haelt-Zeitplan-fuer-Tesla-Fabrik-fuer-ambitioniert-aber-machbar">Archived</a> from the original on 11 April 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 December</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=MAZ+%E2%80%93+M%C3%A4rkische+Allgemeine&amp;rft.atitle=Brandenburgs+Ministerpr%C3%A4sident+Woidke+h%C3%A4lt+Zeitplan+f%C3%BCr+Tesla-Fabrik+f%C3%BCr+ambitioniert+%E2%80%93+aber+machbar&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maz-online.de%2FBrandenburg%2FBrandenburgs-Ministerpraesident-Woidke-haelt-Zeitplan-fuer-Tesla-Fabrik-fuer-ambitioniert-aber-machbar&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-surv-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-surv_82-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://teslamag.de/news/vorbereitungen-bau-von-deutscher-tesla-gigafactory-haben-begonnen-26175">"Vorbereitung für Tesla-Gigafactory in Brandenburg laufen"</a>. <i>Teslamag.de</i> (in German). 19 December 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191219192746/https://teslamag.de/news/vorbereitungen-bau-von-deutscher-tesla-gigafactory-haben-begonnen-26175">Archived</a> from the original on 19 December 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 December</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Teslamag.de&amp;rft.atitle=Vorbereitung+f%C3%BCr+Tesla-Gigafactory+in+Brandenburg+laufen&amp;rft.date=2019-12-19&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fteslamag.de%2Fnews%2Fvorbereitungen-bau-von-deutscher-tesla-gigafactory-haben-begonnen-26175&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rbb2020-01-26-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rbb2020-01-26_83-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rbb2020-01-26_83-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200127093222/https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/thema/tesla/beitraege/tesla-gelaende-gruenheide-weltkriegsbomben-sonntag-gesprengt.html">"Weltkriegsbomben auf Tesla-Gelände gesprengt"</a>. <i>Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg</i> (in German). 26 January 2020. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/thema/tesla/beitraege/tesla-gelaende-gruenheide-weltkriegsbomben-sonntag-gesprengt.html">the original</a> on 27 January 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Rundfunk+Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;rft.atitle=Weltkriegsbomben+auf+Tesla-Gel%C3%A4nde+gesprengt&amp;rft.date=2020-01-26&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbb24.de%2Fwirtschaft%2Fthema%2Ftesla%2Fbeitraege%2Ftesla-gelaende-gruenheide-weltkriegsbomben-sonntag-gesprengt.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fotowiesel.de/brandenburg/2018-stoeritzsee/PICT4158">"Alte Poststraße Tesla Gigafactory 4"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210411103328/https://www.fotowiesel.de/brandenburg/2018-stoeritzsee/PICT4158">Archived</a> from the original on 11 April 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Alte+Poststra%C3%9Fe+Tesla+Gigafactory+4&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fotowiesel.de%2Fbrandenburg%2F2018-stoeritzsee%2FPICT4158&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gf4enviro-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gf4enviro_85-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uvp-verbund.de/documents/ingrid-group_ige-iplug-bb/94AFADF0-92F1-44EA-AA54-E1CD7C0FF6AD/UVP-Bericht%20Tesla%20Manufacturing%20Brandenburg%20SE_V1_20-12-202.pdf">"UVP-Berichtfür das Vorhaben "Gigafactory Berlin"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a> &#91;Environment assessment report for Gigafactory Berlin&#93; <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in German). UVP-verbund. 13 November 2019. p.&#160;59. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200120110247/https://www.uvp-verbund.de/documents/ingrid-group_ige-iplug-bb/94AFADF0-92F1-44EA-AA54-E1CD7C0FF6AD/UVP-Bericht%20Tesla%20Manufacturing%20Brandenburg%20SE_V1_20-12-202.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 20 January 2020. <q>at the project site, deposits of the glacial valleys including their tributary valleys (lowland sand, "valley sand") predominate. These are fine- to coarse-grained, partly slightly gravelly to gravelly, sand. The geochemical overview map shows a low to medium load with heavy metals and partly high Exposure to lead, mercury and Iron-III. The project location is unsuitable or is not very suitable for agricultural use. The location is a flat depression area. The altitude lies at +38 to +40 m NHN</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=UVP-Berichtf%C3%BCr+das+Vorhaben+%22Gigafactory+Berlin%22&amp;rft.pages=59&amp;rft.pub=UVP-verbund&amp;rft.date=2019-11-13&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uvp-verbund.de%2Fdocuments%2Fingrid-group_ige-iplug-bb%2F94AFADF0-92F1-44EA-AA54-E1CD7C0FF6AD%2FUVP-Bericht%2520Tesla%2520Manufacturing%2520Brandenburg%2520SE_V1_20-12-202.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OTksHu7nQGXsdLFGLOB3S4udjU8zc7XS">Alt URL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200303045409/https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OTksHu7nQGXsdLFGLOB3S4udjU8zc7XS">Archived</a> 3 March 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlvarez2019" class="citation news cs1">Alvarez, Simon (5 December 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-4-purchase-contract-could-be-completed-by-end-of-2019/">"Tesla Gigafactory 4 purchase contract could be completed by end of 2019"</a>. <i>Teslarati</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191228142002/https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-4-purchase-contract-could-be-completed-by-end-of-2019/">Archived</a> from the original on 28 December 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 January</span> 2020</span>. <q>Tesla may complete its purchase contract for the site of Gigafactory 4, … before the end of 2019 … optimistic about Tesla's factory, considering that the area had already been planned for a BMW facility back in 2001. "This is already the development plan for this type of industrial use," he said. … development plans for the site that were granted for BMW's potential facility would need to be re-examined, particularly as the flora and fauna in the area may have changed since 2001</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Teslarati&amp;rft.atitle=Tesla+Gigafactory+4+purchase+contract+could+be+completed+by+end+of+2019&amp;rft.date=2019-12-05&amp;rft.aulast=Alvarez&amp;rft.aufirst=Simon&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Ftesla-gigafactory-4-purchase-contract-could-be-completed-by-end-of-2019%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigafactory+Berlin-Brandenburg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-trati20191211-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-trati20191211_87-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKlender2019" class="citation news cs1">Klender, Joey (11 December 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-4-production-500k-model-y-per-year-report/">"Tesla's European Gigafactory will produce 500k vehicles per year: report"</a>. <i>Teslarati</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191212051514/https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-4-production-500k-model-y-per-year-report/">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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