Tesla has achieved a significant production milestone at its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg plant in Grnheide, Germany, producing 2,000 Model Y electric cars in a single week. If maintained, this could equate to an annual production rate of approximately 100,000 units for the European Market.
On October 1, 2022, the company revealed that the plant had produced 2,000 Model Y electric cars in a single week. This is twice the production rate from mid-June, when the company crossed 1,000 units per week.
The Gigafactory Berlin plant is equipped with 2170-type cylindrical battery cells imported from LG Energy Solution’s plant in Shanghai and is expected to eventually produce 4680-type cylindrical battery cells and structural battery packs for the Model Y, similar to the Giga Texas plant. Currently, the entire output of the Tesla Giga Berlin plant is envisioned for the European market.
4680 battery teardowns and chemistry analysis shows that Tesla is still using the regular 811 nickel-manganese-cobalt mixture for the cathodes and ordinary graphite anodes. Be it because of the price of raw materials that go into batteries for performance electric vehicles now, or simply for the lack of necessary manufacturing technology or equipment, the high-nickel and silicon electrodes that bring about true cost, range, and performance improvements, are still to come for Tesla vehicles with the 4680 battery.