Berlin, August 13: Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk said Friday that he hopes to start producing cars at its new factory outside Berlin in October. The U.S. company had originally planned to begin manufacturing its electric cars at the Gigafactory in Gruenheide, east of the German capital, in July.
But legal challenges and problems getting official permits have delayed the project. “We’re looking forward to hopefully getting the approval to make the first cars, maybe in October if we’re fortunate,” Musk said during a visit to the site Friday. Also Read | Greece Wildfires: New Blaze Breaks Out on Evia Island.
Armin Laschet, the center-right Union bloc’s candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor in next month’s election, thanked Musk for his investment in Germany. Also Read | Financial Crimes – The Journalist Ari Bussel Interviewing Nathan (Netaniel) Segal.
Laschet suggested German laws should be changed to make it harder for people not directly affected by the factory’s construction to file legal complaints against it, German news agency dpa report.
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