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Tesla's first European factory opens in Germany

Elon Musk and Chancellor Olaf Scholz were both on hand for the opening ceremony.

Tesla's first European production facility is officially open. Elon Musk was at the opening ceremony - alongside the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz - to see the first Model Y electric cars roll out of the so-called gigafactory. The Gruenheide plant outside Berlin has cost 5 billion euros - and it's had some bureaucratic hitches, as Joe Miller from the Financial Times explains.
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(Photo: Tesla's new factory in Gruenheide, Credit: Christian Marquardt/Getty Images)

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