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Tesla Says Giga Berlin to Have Solar Roof

Discussion in 'Germany, Austria, & Switzerland' started by TMC Staff, Feb 19, 2020.

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    Tesla launched a new website Wednesday that offers some new details about its first factory in Europe. Located in Grünheide and dubbed Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, construction of the facility is expected to begin in 2020 with production targeted for 2021. Phase 1 will focus on production of Model Y, with a target capacity of 10,000 vehicles...
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    Akikiki A'-Lo-HA ! y'all

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    Hmm, I think it would be news if it did not have solar roof.
     
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    Where can buy that t-shirt?
     
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    Did you read your link? BMW seems to have already started the review. I also read this is a monoculture tree farm for card board. And Tesla is promising a more natural mixed tree replacement (to create an old growth type forest. 3x more trees?) I only think I know what I have read.

    No surprise that the details of "reporting" continues a downhill slide. Hard to find the actual details behind the constant spin and click baiting.
     
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    #6 RIP->OPEC, Feb 21, 2020
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    This is GREAT news... I would be very disappointed if it didn’t. Look if IKEA can do it, TESLA sure can as well! Tesla & Solar, its like jelly in a peanut-butter sandwich... they should go hand in hand!


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    It appears this issue was resolved in Tesla's favor and work has proceeded with a minimum delay.
    German court says Tesla can clear trees to build car factory
     
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    I have seen pictures of the roofs of the Nevada GF and the one in China. Am I wrong in saying that at least these two do not have solar roofs?
     
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    Actually , I searched for pictures and Nevada seemed to have panels on a very small part of the roof and in the pictures of Shanghai i can’t tell.
     
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    I believe it was 2019 that Tesla added (like more than doubled) the panels at GF Nevada (no clue on China but one would expect them to be added since so many are made there). Ah! google is (usually) my friend: Tesla resumes Gigafactory 1 solar panel installations
     
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    Great! I wonder if you were to put solar panels on every big flat roof in the world you would not need fossil power plants, solar fields nor windmills?
     
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    Won't take that for granted, in germany we still have many without...
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    Believe Tesla roofs are designed to accept solar panels in time. Probably not when built, but later.
     
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