Slowly becomes clear what it wants to build Tesla in green Heath. It is planned to be a factory for 500,000 vehicles annually. In July 2021, it is supposed to start.

In this forest area to the East of Berlin, Tesla will> very soon be very many cars to build photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

Since Friday, the size of the planned factory, at least, is officially known: every Year, 500,000 electric vehicles will be able to be produced. So it is in the notice of the Brandenburg state office for environment in the official journal of the country. With the publication of the approval procedures for the plant.

Tesla attributed, obviously, with a massively growing market, and speculated on a simultaneously strong increase in sales of its own vehicles. In the past year, the company has delivered to the world's total of 367.500 vehicles, an increase of 50 percent compared to the previous year. At the same time, the company reached its self-issued objectives are almost. Also, the recently commissioned factory in the Chinese city of Shanghai, is to be able to reach a capacity of 500,000 vehicles.

In green Heath is now the first Tesla factory in Europe. According to the journal, you should include in just one and a half years, the work of The commissioning is scheduled according to the publication in the official journal in July 2021 – a schedule that appears ambitious in view of the many requirements and regulations in Germany, at least.

The request for approval and associated documents can now everyone, starting from this Monday up to and including 5. February view. They are designed in four places: in the land office for the environment in Frankfurt (Oder), in the city hall of the municipality of Grünheide, Hagen, Germany, in the city hall of the city of Erkner and in the administration in the spree. Are included in the documents, according to the environmental Agency also studies on the environmental impact. Objections against the application of Tesla are up 5. March possible.

According to the publication in the official journal, Tesla is planning the construction of several models – so far, it was always been only a Compact SUV Model Y the speech. Starting Price: 56.000 Euro. Now the model 3 will be, with prices starting around 44.400 Euro Tesla's cheap car, manufactured there, as well as "future models". All the previous cars from Tesla are high-motorized – for use in the city of useless high-appearing.

From the official journal is also what can make the factory in green Heath. Are housed, a pressing plant, a foundry, body shop, paint shop, seat manufacturing, plastic and battery manufacturing, as well as the manufacturing of drives and the final Assembly. Also, a Central utilities building and a waste water treatment plant are provided.

No information on the number of scheduled jobs. So far, the talk was always of 3,000, the responsible district administrator of the Kreis of Oder-Spree, Rolf Lindemann (SPD) had said in December that up to 4,000 people are expected to work in three shifts in the factory. In addition, the number of 8,000 jobs at the factory, however, should be driven only with the time courses.

For the first Jobs you can apply already. On the Tesla website, a number of managers are, for example, Items advertised and internships. The exact location of the factory in Brandenburg, Tesla conceals, however, prefer: Mostly it is called "Gigafactory" in Berlin.