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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 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. And we hear a special report from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Tamasin Ford about a young Ukranian women from Kyiv. Alexandra explains how she had to say goodbye to her parents at the packed Polish border, and now suffers survivor's guilt, living in the safety of Berlin. 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.
(Photo: Tesla's new factory in Gruendeide, Credit: Christian Marquardt/Getty Images)

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  • Tue 22 Mar 2022 22:32GMT