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Update: Tesla's gigafactory comes to Europe

Tesla's first European 'gigafactory' opens in Germany

Tesla's first European production facility is officially open. Elon Musk was himself on hand for the opening ceremony - alongside the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz - to see the first Model Y electric cars roll out of the so-called gigafactory. We hear from Joerg Steinbach, the Finance minister for the state of Brandenburg, where the plant has been built and we also get the views of Natalie Sauber, Director for Future Mobility at the global design and engineering firm Arcadis. Plus, Malaysia’s finance minister, Zafrul Aziz is currently in London, speaking to UK businesses about investment opportunities in his country - he tells us what he thinks those opportunities are.

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