Tesla Looking At A Fourth Production Shift For Giga Berlin: Report

EV giant Tesla Inc TSLA has reportedly added a third production shift at its gigafactory in Berlin and is looking to add a fourth in a bid to increase production.

What Happened: A third shift has been added to Tesla’s Berlin gigafactory and a decision will be made about a fourth shift, reported German publication RBB 24, citing Managing Director Jochem Freyer from the employment agency in Frankfurt.

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Late last month, the Berlin gigafactory achieved a weekly production capacity of 5000 vehicles, a year after the plant delivered the first vehicles to customers. “Big congratulations to the Tesla Germany team!!” CEO Elon Musk tweeted.

Earlier in March, it was reported that Tesla has applied to Germany’s environmental agency to expand production at the gigafactory to one million vehicles per year from 500,000 per year.

However, the company has not touched the half-million mark at the gigafactory yet. Hence, for the first expansion stage, Tesla is looking to touch 500,000 units per year, or about 10,000 cars a week, RBB 24 added.

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