Tesla, Inc. has several factory buildings in the industrial zone of Vossenberg, Tilburg, in the Netherlands. In December 2012, a European Distribution Centre in Tilburg was announced, acting as the European parts and services headquarters.[1] The Tesla Tilburg assembly plant handled final assembly of Tesla Model S/X electric vehicles for delivery within Europe.
Buildings
, Tesla had three factory buildings in the Vossenberg industrial area of Tilburg, 15km (09miles) north of the Belgium–Netherlands border with a total floor area of 160000abbr=onNaNabbr=on.[2] The factory buildings are close to the Wilhelmina Canal (Dutch; Flemish: Wilhelminakanaal) allowing for water-based delivery of intermodal containers arriving via the Port of Rotterdam.
European distribution centre
The first 18900sigfig=2NaNsigfig=2 Tesla facility started final assembly of Tesla Model S cars on 22 August 2013.[3][4] It was Tesla's first factory outside California.
Final assembly plant
By late 2015, the assembly plant was in the process of doubling capacity from 200 cars per week, to 450 cars per week.[5] The factory used for final assembly has a 3.4-megawatt rooftop photovoltaic power station.[6] Vehicles arrived from the Tesla Fremont Factory in California as "gliders" with the interior fully fitted out. The battery pack and electric drivetrain components were shipped separately and installed into the unpowered vehicles in Tilburg. The factory building contains a 750adj=midNaNadj=mid indoor test track with the back straight allowing speeds of 110kph.
As of the 2021 S/X refresh, Tesla is no longer using this facility for S/X assembly.[7]
Parts Distribution Centre & Warehouse
In mid-2018, Tesla took control of a third building with an area of 36000sqm, approximately 1.2km (00.7miles) east of the headquarters building.[8] Now called the Tesla Global Parts Distribution Centre & Warehouse, the building had been certified by BREEAM as having a "very good" sustainability rating.
In October 2017, the original developers Dutch; Flemish: Ontwikkelingscombinatie Scheg had sold the nearly-completed building to Standard Life Aberdeen investment organisation.[9]
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News: Tesla's new Tilburg site hints at new storage and parts center ahead of Model 3 EU push. Teslarati. Simon. Alvarez. 23 September 2018. 23 September 2018. (36,000 square meters) and is located at Vossenbergseweg, close to Tesla's assembly plant and delivery center.. 23 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200609/https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tilburg-site-in-house-service-center-model-3-eu-push/. live.
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