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Tesla Giga Berlin is Getting a World-Class Paint-Shop
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that Giga Berlin will be the home to the most advanced automotive paint-shop in the world.
T
esla CEO Elon Musk stated
Fremont and Giga Shanghai’s paint
the production plant in January
that Berlin’s paint shop would
facilities would also receive upgrades
by removing small trees and
provide high-quality colours in
over time, “but it’s hard
implementing construction roads.
multiple layers that change with the
to retrofit these improvements to an
Since then, Tesla has recovered
curvature of the car’s body.
operating paint shop.”
World War II ammunition,
“Giga Berlin will have the world's most
This means owners across the world
uprooted trees from 90 hectares
advanced paint shop, with more
will be experiencing more exceptional
of land, found the replacement
layers of stunning colours that subtly
paint qualities. Still, the time to set
property for those trees, obliged
change with curvature,” Musk said on
these up will be more considerable as
by environmental concerns, and
Tuesday. The update comes as Giga
the company currently utilizes them
excavated the site. The company’s
Berlin’s construction process has
for production.
construction crews are waiting for
halted after the company submitted
The electric automaker purchased the
approval from the Brandenburg
its first application to begin building
300-hectare property in December
State Government, who will
the first European production plant
2019 and reached a finalized price of
decide if the automaker can break
Tesla will utilize.
$45.48 million in January 2020. The
ground on the facility itself.
Additionally, Musk noted that both
company began preparing the land for
In early December 2019, Bild
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N. 63 - MAY/JUNE 2020 - international PAINT&COATING magazine