The first-ever facility outside the US of the American electric vehicle maker Tesla came alive in the last quarter of 2019 and has so far proved successful in reaching the company's goals. Tesla announced last year that it would open the Gigafactory 4 in Germany. And a new leaked plan reveals what the electric vehicle maker has in mind with its upcoming gigantic facility.
Recently the official gazette for Brandenburg announced the Tesla Gigafactory 4. Following the announcement, the approval procedure for the planned Tesla plant officially started. The notice notes that the US electric vehicle maker wants to begin the plant in Grünheide near Berlin in July 2021.
The Gigafactory 4 aims to produce Tesla Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles along with future models with an estimated yearly production output of 500,000 vehicles. A newly leaked document with an awkward title, "Construction and operation of a plant for the construction and assembly of electric vehicles with a capacity of 100,000 units or more per year at location 15537 Grünheide (Mark)." The permit application, as well as other related documents, will be subject to inspection at various offices until Feb. 5, 2020, the document states.
The letter also confirms earlier details on the scope of work for the Tesla Gigafactory 4, reveals Electrive. The facility in Grünheide near Berlin sits in over three million square meter area and will have a press shop, foundry, paint shop, body, shop, plastics production, seat production, drive train production, battery production, and final assembly. Aside from the wastewater treatment plant, delivery and collection area, and a central supply building, an employee parking lot is also planned, reveals the report.
The details of the jobs are not included in the announcement, but the Brandenburg state government previously mentioned that around 3,000 jobs are involved in the first expansion stage of the Gigafactory 4. While the figure may seem unrealistic, an expert opinion commissioned by Tesla on the environmental capability of the construction project suggests 2,828 employees per shift. It also mentions a production rate of 60 electric vehicles every hour.
The whole document with 246 pages can be accessed here. The documents also mention a 24/7 production, three shifts composed of 2,828 personnel, 326 material trucks, four full trains each day, and 137 outgoing car transporters, including a couple of full trains each day. Thanks to Twitter user Aeon De. Aeon De, who shares a multi-tweet thread translating the crucial points from the document.
