BERLIN -Tesla won't begin mass manufacturing of battery cells at its European gigafactory close to Berlin earlier than 2024, German enterprise each day Handelsblatt reported on Friday, citing specialists, two of whom are near the corporate.
In line with the report, issues have been found with an necessary manufacturing course of introduced by Tesla Chief Govt Elon Musk two years in the past.
Tesla spokespeople in Germany weren't instantly out there for remark.
At present, battery analysis on the website in Gruenheide solely covers electrodes, whereas all tools for the remaining manufacturing steps of winding, assembling and formatting the cells are being moved to Tesla’s headquarters in Texas, the report stated.
At full capability, the Gruenheide plant, which remains to be within the ramp-up part, will produce 500,000 automobiles a yr, greater than the 450,000 battery-electric automobiles that German rival Volkswagen offered globally in 2021.
It'll additionally finally generate 50 gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery cells, however Tesla has not communicated a timeline for that a part of manufacturing.
Shares of Tesla have been down 5.5% in noon U.S. commerce.
Tesla nonetheless plans to construct a battery cell plant in Gruenheide in the long run, the report stated, including the corporate has to get a grip on the so-called dry coating of the electrodes earlier than that may occur.
Whereas exams with the expertise are at the moment working efficiently there's a lack of implementation in large-scale manufacturing, the report stated.
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