Tesla approval imminent, celebration in 3 weeks> teslamag.de

After a long process, Tesla’s huge German plant in Grunheide near Berlin is expected to receive final approval this week: Tagesspiegel newspaper reported on Sunday that it is scheduled for Thursday or Friday. According to the report, the opening celebration has already been planned. It should be done in less than three weeks and also include the delivery of the first Tesla Model Y produced at the new plant. In addition, CEO Elon Musk and even high-ranking politicians are expected to be the German chancellor.

Tesla approval this week

According to their information, the Brandenburg state government was lying shortly before Christmas All documents needed for approval of a Tesla project Before, in January, we were still getting answers to questions related to this topic. It was said in February that local authorities had begun work on the text of the specific permit, which would be several hundred pages long. And now it looks almost complete: Tesla will get its approval on Thursday or Friday, Daily Mirror reports.

However, as a senior official at the state Department of Environment stated in February, this still means Not the official start signal for serial production at the German Tesla plant. After approval, he said, additional requirements would have to be met and evidence presented, which could take a few more weeks.

Celebrating the handover of the first Y . model

But according to the report in Tagesspiegel, the move was already foreseen: With approval this weekend, the ceremonial opening of the Giga plant in Grünheide is due to take place in two weeks, the paper writes. Among other things, Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be coming. In addition, a lot of German politicians are expected. Chancellor Olaf Schultz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and possibly Finance Minister Christian Lindner can be expected.

The Daily Mirror reported that Brandenburg police were preparing for an event with around 500 guests. This should be done on March 22 or 23 – it depends on more fine tuning. On this occasion, the first 30 Model Y produced in Germany will be delivered to its customers. That would An internal Tesla email became known at the end of January Appropriate, under which the electric vehicle will be available for delivery in the performance variant from March.