"Originally, we believed that we need up to 15 000 piles last still 1 of 100," said a Tesla spokesperson on Friday evening on the occasion of the inauguration of the "Tesla highway" that leads to the Tesla site. Now you have the concept of change so that you can get by with a 500 to 550 stakes. "Only the press, but not the foundry, is founded on piles." The US group to meet the concerns of environmentalists, the negative consequences for nature and the ground-water fear. The waiver of concrete columns in a length of up to 14 meters charged to the construction budget in the millions.

Tesla, in grünheide in Brandenburg, Germany from July next year up to 500 000 vehicles in the year from the rolls of tape. The final environmental permit from the state of Brandenburg, is still to come. Tesla is already building at his own risk, with early approvals. The Brandenburg state environmental Agency last gave the green light for the Foundation and the building shell with an early start.

A Tesla spokesman expressed confidence that the Gigafactory Berlin, the official Name of the Tesla plant in Brandenburg, the former Baurekord the Gigafactory Shanghai around a year ago, cracked it could be. The high construction Tempo in green Heath is to explain, among other things, due to the intensive use of Prefabricated components. But the rail connection would help. With a train of up to 1200 tons of building material may be delivered. In Shanghai you have to carry everything with trucks.

Yet to be decided, whether in green Heath, the production of the batteries will take place. The previous planning documents, there is no battery factory.