That assessment sounds credible, and the source is credible.
Austin finally in production in 8 weeks makes sense.
Not much if any sooner.
Berlin, 8-10 weeks after German government approvals.
(Austin final approval papers were submitted more than a month ago - I'm giving the Giga Berlin management credit for being German and ready).
Do you realize you replied to a post from beginning of August?
Yes, I did.
However, it still makes complete sense, and bears reminding, given the realities at both factories. As witnessed by, guess what, Tegtmeyer's videos for Texas.
The Giga Texas factory is clearly gearing up at a higher pace. Test builds were run thru in September/October.
Those builds (there were 3) did not include motors or battery packs. 2 were later scrapped for recycling. One is now hanging from the rafters in the GA section.
But Texas is still a bit removed from full test builds, let alone customer shipments. No evidence of full builds has emerged yet.
6-8 weeks for first customer articles is reasonable forecasting. Much less is not.
Giga Berlin received 12-13 chassis for test builds back in a similar timeframe, and only in December were builds completed on them.
Those included motors and battery packs.
Formal government approvals won't be received for Berlin until Xmas vacations are over.
Euros take their vacations seriously. Very seriously. And they're in charge....
Feel free to disagree. We all get to wager our opinions.
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