US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla plans to turns its Berlin-Gruenheide factory into the world’s largest EV battery plant, CEO Elon Musk said Nov. 24 at a German government-organized EU battery conference. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “We will turn Gigafactory Berlin into the world’s largest battery production plant,” Musk said in a tweet, shared by Germany’s energy minister Peter Altmaier. Germany’s auto lobby group VDA welcomed the plans to produce batteries in Germany with government support, creating 10,000 jobs, it said. Tesla on its website described Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg as the most advanced high-volume EV plant in the world with production of its model Y to start next summer. Construction for the plant’s first phase is underway. Musk said an annual capacity of 100 GWh was possible at the plant, extending to up to 250 GWh/year. EU battery alliance Focus of […]