In the future, Tesla will reduce Saturday shift production and hire fewer contract workers at the Giga Berlin plant in Germany. However, Tesla is still well on its way to achieving the goals it has set for itself.
The Austin-based electric vehicle maker announced at the end of March that it had managed to increase weekly production to 5,000 units at its Berlin plant. Then, a few days later, in response to the big news, Musk’s team set a new goal of 10,000 units per week.
However, now the dice can be rolled, because Reuters According to the latest news, Tesla is currently setting its goal of increasing Model Ys production in Berlin to more than 6,000 units per week. In addition, the news spread that Tesla is canceling the Saturday shift. Currently around 10,000 people work at the Grünheide plant, but the report did not say how many people could lose their jobs after the production cuts take effect.
Right now, Tesla only produces the Model Y in Germany, which was the best-selling electric car in Europe in January, when Musk delivered just over 7,000 units in one month. Then, at the end of May, the news arrived that the Model Y had become the most popular car in the world.
The Berlin-Brandenburg plant started production in March 2022, and in June, 1,000 units of the Model Y rolled off the production line every week. The number of models manufactured doubled in October and reached 3,000 units per week in December. The next stage was completed in February 2023, when the production rate of 4,000 electric vehicles was reached.
