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The plant manager of Tesla’s Giga Berlin factory ruled out on Thursday any production stoppages, staff reductions, or short-time work at the facility as the company continues to ramp up the weekly production rate of the refreshed Model Y.
Speaking with Tagesspiegel, André Thierig said “There are no plans for production stoppages, staff reductions, or short-time work in Grünheide.”
The plant manager added that the opposite is true. Since mid-January, the company has been ramping up mass production of the world’s best-selling vehicle across four of its Gigafactories worldwide, aiming to meet demand.
“On the contrary, production is currently ramping up again following a model change. In January, the assembly lines at the factory were reconfigured to produce the new Model Y,” he stated before noting that production of other models has been scaled back.
In China, the company has registered its best week of the year between March 3 and 9 with 13,800 vehicles insured — doubling the figures from two weeks earlier as Model Y ramp up continues.
In Germany, registrations fell 76% year over year to 1,429 units in February. Tesla registered 613 vehicles in Sweden last month, down 42% from a year earlier, while registrations in Norway and Denmark each dropped 48% to 917 and 509 units, respectively. France saw a 26% decline to 2,395 units.
As reported earlier this Thursday, European registrations have rebounded in the first two weeks of March. Between March 1 and 12, Tesla registered 819 electric vehicles in Spain, positioning it to surpass February’s total before mid-month.
Tesla’s registrations across Europe and other markets declined in the first two months of the year compared to 2024 levels, with sales expected to rebound as production of the updated Model Y ramps up.
Tesla began deliveries of the refreshed Model Y in China on February 26 and in the United States last weekend. As of the time of writing, Tesla shares are trading 3% lower on Thursday at $240.
