Reviews battery factory: Tesla can start building the plant ahead of schedule

The US electric car manufacturer Tesla can start preparing for its planned battery factory near the car factory in Grünheide near Berlin. A spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of Economics announced on Thursday that Tesla had been allowed to start preliminary work on application.

© dpa The Tesla electric car factory (here in the picture) has been under construction in Grünheide near Berlin in Brandenburg for a long time. Now the US automaker is also allowed to start building a battery cell factory.

This also applies to other companies that are part of a major European project for battery cell production. The financial risk lies with the company. "Bild" and "B.Z." had previously reported on it.

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Of all the good news Tesla Motors Inc. showered on investors Wednesday, progress at the battery factory it’s The factory is intended to provide scale that reduces battery costs for both cars and storage products by But we need to do cars too -- we have this whole plant in Fremont making cars.

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The Federal Ministry of Economics submitted the second major European project for battery cell production to the European Commission on December 10, the spokeswoman said. This included almost 50 companies in 12 EU countries, including eleven companies from Germany.

This concerns applications for the approval of aid. The preparatory work should begin without losing the chance for federal funding, although the aid has not yet been approved. But that is independent of a building permit or environmental permit. The Federal Ministry of Economics is not responsible for this.

Tesla is building an electric car factory in Grünheide. Production is scheduled to start in July. Tesla boss Elon Musk had promised last year that the world's largest battery factory would also be built in Grünheide. So far, the car factory has not received an environmental permit, and Tesla is building with early approvals. (dpa)