Tesla factory locations: Where they are and could soon be

As Tesla’s stock currently continues to rise along with its current market cap valuation approaching $800 billion, it’s safe the say the American EV automaker is doing okay. Tesla currently produces four electric vehicles at its various factory locations around the world. These Gigafactories also produce battery and solar technologies for the brand. With a semi-truck, Cybertruck, and 2nd generation Roadster already confirmed, plus goals to produce a $25,000 model, Tesla is continuously growing.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla has finished clearing trees at Giga Berlin site

After about two total weeks of work, the forest of planted trees on Tesla’s Giga Berlin site is now gone. Tesla finished “phase 1” of their forest clearance project this week, just before their early March deadline.
German court lifts freeze on Giga Berlin building, forest clearing can resume

The Berlin Higher Administrative Court (OVG Berlin-Brandenburg) has dismissed complaints against Tesla’s European Gigafactory construction project, Giga Berlin. This means work can resume in clearing the tree farm currently on the property.

Drone footage: Tesla Giga Berlin forest clearing is moving quickly (UPDATE: stopped by court)
Tesla started clearing the forest at their new Giga Berlin site just two days ago, and now we have drone footage showing just how extensive the work already is.
UPDATE: Just after this article was posted, we heard that a court has temporarily ordered Tesla to stop clearing the forest, pending review of a complaint by the Grünen Liga Brandenburg (Brandenburg Green League).
Tesla Gigafactory 4 site search resulted in finding 25 unexploded WWII bombs

Tesla has to make a lot of things happen in order to start the construction of Gigafactory 4 in Germany, and one of them is apparently getting rid of 25 unexploded World War II bombs.
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Amid protest, Tesla signs Gigafactory 4 contract; access road starts construction

Tesla is gearing up to build their next factory, Gigafactory 4, on the outskirts of Berlin. Here’s a rundown of the latest news on the company’s next big project.
Tesla responds to Gigafactory 4 protests by swiftly opening community office

Tesla has responded to local protests at the site of their next factory near Berlin by opening a community office to hear local concerns, according to Der Spiegel. The office opens Thursday, just a few days after site protests began.
Tesla faces protest at Gigafactory 4 site over cutting down the forest

Tesla is facing some opposition to its Gigafactory 4 plan in Germany where it needs to cut down a lot of trees to build the plant in a forest near Berlin.
Local residents are protesting at the Gigafactory 4 site over the deforestation plan.
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Tesla’s $45m deal to acquire land outside Berlin is approved, but not out of the woods yet

A €41 million ($45 million) deal for Tesla to acquire land outside of Berlin to build its recently announced Gigafactory 4 has been approved by the state government, but it’s still not sealed yet.
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Tesla plans to build ‘future vehicles’ at Gigafactory 4 as new details emerge

We are starting to get a clearer picture of Tesla plans for Gigafactory 4 in Germany as more construction plans and environmental assessments are leaking in the German press.
The latest documents show that Tesla plans to build “future vehicles” at Gigafactory 4 in addition to Model 3 and Model Y.
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Tesla Gigafactory 4 leaked plans reveal room for expansion

Leaked plans for Tesla Gigafactory 4 in Berlin reveals that the automaker is leaving room for expansion, and the design looks similar to Gigafactory 1 in Nevada.
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Tesla Gigafactory 4 will produce 500,000 Model Y and Model 3 cars per year

Tesla Gigafactory 4, the automaker’s recently announced new factory near Berlin, will produce 500,000 Model Y and Model 3 cars per year, according to new documents discovered by German media.
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Tesla will find Germany is ‘better environment’ for making cars than California, says VW CEO

Tesla is building its first full-scale factory in Europe, and it has chosen Germany for the project. Some have raised questions about how Tesla will be able to navigate the European red tapes for such a major project, but VW’s CEO says that it should be a better “environment” for making cars than California.
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Tesla has to cut down forest to build Gigafactory 4, will plant 3x as many trees

Tesla is going to have to cut down part of a forest near Berlin in order to build Gigafactory 4. BMW ran into some similar issues when it tried to do the same almost two decades ago.
Interestingly, the announcement comes just as Tesla CEO Elon Musk helped plant 1 million trees.
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Tesla to focus on Model Y, batteries, and powertrains at Gigafactory 4 in Europe

Tesla is going to focus on Model Y production at its newly confirmed Gigiafactory 4 to be built in the Berlin area, and they will also produce batteries and powertrains at the new European factory.
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Elon Musk: Tesla is going to build Gigafactory 4 in ‘Berlin area’

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla is going to build Gigafactory 4, a new vehicle factory, in the ”Berlin area” as they start listing jobs for the new factory.
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