Giga Berlin/GF4 Factory Discussion

[UkNorthampton]

Follow Alex Voigt (@alex_avoight on Twitter) for frequent reports from Germany. Is he here?

He is @avoigt I think.

As for Berlin fine, it'll be peanuts, easy to pay. Bigger issue might be that they can't use tanks officially until permitted.

A lot less than VW/BMW & others are going to be paying for a 'failed' attempt at running a cartel

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel

The European Commission fined German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW a total of 875 million euros ($1 billion) on Thursday for colluding to curb the use of emissions cleaning technology they had developed.

www.reuters.com

Edit: key part of the story - 10 years ago, so probably not on Herbert Diess' watch and

 

[Christine69420]

Follow Alex Voigt (@alex_avoight on Twitter) for frequent reports from Germany. Is he here?

Yes - look for @avoigt

 

[Christine69420]

From the link:

Tesla has awarded FlexQube a material handling cart project worth 1 MEUR for the new Gigafactory in Berlin. Deliveries will start in the third quarter of 2021.

FlexQube offers solutions for cart-based material handling using a patented modular concept. FlexQube develops and designs customized solutions for both robotic mechanical cart logistics. Through the own developed and unique automation concept FlexQube can offer robust and self-driving robotic carts.

FlexQube awarded 1 MEUR project from Tesla | FlexQube Group

Tesla has awarded FlexQube a material handling cart project worth 1 MEUR for the new Gigafactory in Berlin. Deliveries will start in the third quarter of 2021. About FlexQube FlexQube is a technology company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with subsidiaries in USA, Mexico, Germany and England.

www.flexqube.com

 

[Christine69420]

3rd Giga Press in Berlin:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1416825630230990853

Text: New Gigapress in Berlin. Nobody saw it

 

[Christine69420]

A camera team from the German Galileo TV channel visited Giga Berlin

Some of the footage is available on Reddit:

r/teslamotors - First ever camera team in GF Berlin

and is discussed here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/p1n4bt

The original footage is here but is geo-blocked and require a free registration. So a VPN might be needed to watch:

Galileo - Galileo Plus: Teslas Gigafactory - Alles giga in Grünheide?

 

[Buckminster]

 

[Buckminster]

https://electrek.co/2021/10/11/on-the-ground-at-gigafest-berlin/

 

[DarkandStormy]

Elon apparently made quite the impression...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1446885061350068227

https://twitter.com/x/status/1447343687340601350

Alex Voigt thinks the factory is far from finished, fwiw.