Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg Explained

Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Coordinates:52.3956°N 13.7909°W
Built:2019–2021
Location:Grünheide (Mark), Germany
Industry:Automotive
Products:Tesla Model Y
Employees:11,500
Address:Tesla Straße 1
Owner:Tesla, Inc.

Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg (also known as Giga Berlin or Gigafactory 4)[1] is a manufacturing plant for Tesla, Inc. in the municipality of Grünheide (Mark) in the Brandenburg state of Germany.[2] [3] [4] The campus is located 35km (22miles) south-east of central Berlin and some 8km (05miles) southeast of the Berlin state boundary at Erkner and Rahnsdorf. Proximity to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (about 20km (10miles) west) was explicitly cited as a factor in choosing the site. It is Tesla's first manufacturing location in Europe.[5]

The facility and its Brandenburg location were announced by Tesla CEO Elon Musk on November 12, 2019, at the Das Goldene Lenkrad award show. The factory is planned to produce batteries, battery packs and powertrains for use in Tesla vehicles, and also assemble the Tesla Model Y, with a proposed start of production in 2021. Construction work had already begun by early 2020 with site preparation and foundation work underway. According to a January 2020 publication by the local environmental agency, the factory was expected to begin operations in July 2021.[6] It was delayed due to administrative troubles. However, the "Giga Fest" celebration of completion was held in October 2021.[7] On 22 March 2022, the factory was officially opened.

History

Planning and locating (2015–2018)

Initial discussion of a Tesla gigafactory in Europe occurred as early as 2015. The factory was then thought to be a combined electric battery manufacturing facility and automobile factory.[8] [9] In 2016, Tesla was anticipating to announce the factory in 2017.[10] [11]

The factory had earlier been occasionally referred to as "Gigafactory 2" prior to 22 February 2017, when Tesla began to refer to the SolarCity Gigafactory in Buffalo, New York as Gigafactory 2. By 2017, the Europe Gigafactory was expected to be named either Gigafactory 4 or 5.[12] [13] In November 2019, it became Gigafactory 4[14] and then Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg.

More than ten European countries had campaigned to have the factory located within their jurisdictions.[15] [16]

There was intense competition among European countries 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.[39] A 2018 report revealed, for instance, that the world will need at least 25 more gigafactories by 2025.[40] 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.[41] By 2018, European governments were providing subsidies and incentives to companies like Tesla as well as local battery manufacturing startups like Northvolt and TerraE to build production infrastructure within its borders.[42] According to Matthias Machnig, state secretary at the German economy ministry:

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.

Construction and opening (2019–2021)

On 12 November 2019, the selection of the Brandenburg location for the Gigafactory 4 facility was officially announced by Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the Das Goldene Lenkrad award show, held in Berlin. Giga Berlin is expected to produce batteries, battery packs and powertrains for use in Tesla vehicles. It will also do assembly of the Tesla Model Y, 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.[43] Musk also announced the establishment of a new design and development centre in nearby Berlin.[44]

By February 2020, environmental challenges had been cleared in court decisions which allowed vegetation on the site to begin being cleared.[45]

Construction work had begun by May 2020 with initial foundation work underway, the set up of the first four construction cranes, and the beginning of the arrival of trainloads of building materials including pillars and beams.[46] Musk has stated the construction will come together at an "impossible-seeming speed" due to the use of prefabricated construction techniques.[47]

On 9 October 2021, Tesla held the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg County Fair where they invited 9000 local guests to tour the factory.[48]

Approval and production (2022–)

In March 2022, the government of Brandenburg granted Giga Berlin-Brandenburg its final environmental approval.[49] However, the approval did not give Tesla the capacity to immediately start.[50] On 22 March 2022, Giga Berlin was officially opened. Several protesters gathered outside the facility to raise their concerns.[51] [52] By 29 April, the factory started to produce Model Y Performance with 2170-cells.[53] 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.[54] [55]

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 June 17, 2022, Gigafactory Berlin reportedly reached a run rate of 1,000 units per week,[56] and by March 25, 2023, Gigafactory Berlin hit 5,000 units per week.[57] Tesla lowered the production target to 4,350 a week in July and August, and plans to reduce it further.[58] 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.[59]

Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg description

Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg will manufacture batteries, battery packs, powertrains 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.[6] [60] Initial production will be of the Tesla Model Y.[61] [62] The expected cost for the factory is around €4 billion.[63]

Site and landscape

The campus is 35km (22miles) south-east of central Berlin on the Berlin–Wrocław railway, which forms the north border of the site between Erkner station and Fangschleuse railway station; and the A10 motorway, which forms the west border.[64] [65]

Extending north from the 1km2 "GVZ Freienbrink" logistics centre,[66] [67] [68] the area was an undeveloped 3km2 greenfield land site designated industrial zone.[69] It was planned as a location for a BMW car factory around the year 2000, but BMW chose Saxony instead.[70] Much larger pine meadows in a landscape-scale conservation[71] surround Freienbrink and a state-owned man-made forest of low-quality monoculture harvest-ready planted pine[72] [73] trees occupied the site, and authorities expected Tesla to mitigate felling by planting new trees of more diverse variety.[74] [75] [76] 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.[77]

Old ordnance complicated site clearing,[78] [79] and seven bombs (85 kg total) were detonated in a controlled explosion in January 2020.[80] The site also interrupts the route of the Old Postal Road (Grünheide Alte Poststraße).[81] The environmental report indicated that the ground is valley sand, and contains some pollution with heavy metals.[82]

Purchase contract on the land was expected to be completed in December 2019.[83] In December 2019, Tesla clarified an expected European Gigafactory production rate of approximately 500,000 vehicles per year.[84] [85] Tesla was to pay €13.50 per square metre for the 300hectare site, to the sum of ~€41 million.[86] In January 2020 German media reported that Tesla had approved the contract to buy the land for €41 million;[87] [88] Tesla signed the contract and the state notarized the contract on 29 January 2020.[89]

Logistics

The current water supply (from Strausberg-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 million cars) phases need further water supply.[75] Water purification is to be supplied by distillation and reverse osmosis.[90] Additional facilities will include a waste water treatment plant with a capacity of, a central supply building, an area for in- and outgoing deliveries (rail and truck) as well as employee parking lots.[6] [91] Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn began operating a free 400-seat Bombardier Talent diesel shuttle train between Fangschleuse station and the factory in September 2023.[92]

Some of the reasons for choosing Brandenburg were that the industrial site is expandable, the state has the highest production of green power per citizen in Germany, and there are qualified workers in the area.[93] Suppliers also set up facilities in the area.[94]

Location concerns

The project is subject to a number of concerns, including potential impacts to the water supply and local wildlife, and about proper wastewater disposal.[95] 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.[96] Among the forest residents are reptiles, ants and birds which must be relocated before felling. There may be an endangered species of bat;[97] the district forester who planted trees says the bats prefer trees older than 80 years to roost in them.[72]

A group of neighbouring municipalities formed in December 2019 to handle issues like traffic, infrastructure and residential developments.[98]

Unexploded WWII-era bombs are commonly found in German ground, and 85 kg were disposed at the site in January 2020.[80] [99] [100]

On 9 April 2020, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten (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.[101] [102]

On 15 October 2020, Associated Press reported that the German utility company WSE was shutting off water to the construction site due to unpaid bills.[103] The bill was paid and the water was restored the next day.[104]

Incidents and emergencies

On 26 September 2022, a fire broke out at the factory after of cardboard and wood caught fire in the factory's recycling facility.[105] The fire brigades of the municipality of Grünheide were called at 3:33 a.m. by the Tesla plant fire brigade. 50 firefighters were dispatched, which fought the fire until close to 8:00 am.[106] No injuries were reported.[107] Criticisms came from groups opposing the factory construction, such as the citizens' initiatives and the Strausberg Erkner Water Board (WSE), which called for an immediate stop of Giga Berlin's vehicle production.[108] [109] [110]

At the end of September, the German weekly magazine Stern (magazine) started an investigative report series "Inside Tesla" that raised serious concerns against Tesla and Brandenburg politicians.[111] 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.[112]

In March 2024, the plant was forced to halt production after an electricity substation was set alight in a suspected arson attack.[113] The incident was later claimed to have been caused by the "Volcano Group" a left-wing activist group operating in Germany.[114] [115]

Protestors against the proposed expansion of the factory began assembling near the factory in early February 2024.[116] A camp belonging to the Stop Tesla initiative formed and activists built treehouses as an encampment tactic.[117] After a second camp coalesced in the woodlands adjacent to the factory, the participants planned a five-day protest for early May 2024.[118] 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.[119]

Labor relations

, according to Brandenburg's Minister of Health Ursula Nonnemacher, Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg employs 11,500 people.[120] The labor union IG Metall 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.[121] 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.

In mid-June 2023, the Business Insider 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.[122]

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