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Tesla is creating an ecological paradise next to the Giga Texas plant

Last April, Tesla opened a facility called Giga Texas that will have the capacity to produce 500,000 vehicles a year. The plant covers an area of ​​250 hectares and currently produces 250,000 vehicles per year. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the company will expand its land area after the Giga Texas plant is at full capacity. This area will be called “ecological paradise”, and it is an additional 522,720 feet (12 hectares) that will be open to the public and will have a boardwalk and numerous amenities.

This is positive news for Tesla, as the company has recently been under fire for safety and mechanical problems. Despite this, Tesla records sales growth every year. Last year, the company recorded a growth of 3 percent compared to 2020, and in the first six months of this year, 564,700 vehicles were delivered.

Six months ago, Tesla opened its first plant in Europe. It is a $5 billion investment, with which the company wants to reduce the pressure on plants in Asia and the United States. “This is a big day for the factory and it is another step towards a sustainable future,” Musk said.

At full capacity, the plant will produce 500,000 vehicles per year, significantly more than Volkswagen, which sold 450,000 electric vehicles worldwide last year.

Source: Elon Musk via Twitter

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The first Tesla production plant in Europe

Yesterday, Elon Musk showed a $ 5 billion investment. It is the first Tesla plant on the old continent (Europe), with which Tesla wants to reduce the pressure on plants in Asia and the United States.

“This is a big day for the factory and it is another step towards a sustainable future,” Musk said.

This event was supposed to happen eight months ago, but the opening was delayed due to problems with the issuance of licenses by local authorities. This is an important investment in the German automotive industry, the largest in recent history, but also a good indicator of a bright future.

At full capacity, the factory should produce 500,000 cars a year, significantly more than Volkswagen, which sold 450,000 electric vehicles worldwide last year.

However, the world media mostly write about what the founder of Tesla did at the opening. Musk was seen dancing as he announced the delivery of Tesla’s first German-made cars.

This event did not pass without protest either. Near the factory, environmental organizations have expressed a number of concerns from the amount of water used in production to the number of trees cut down to build it.

Source: Reuters

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Traffic jam in the Elon Musk tunnel

Traffic in the “Loop” tunnel has reached its peak. According to a video that appeared on social media, there was a traffic jam in an underground tunnel built by the Boring Company in Las Vegas, owned by Elon Musk.

The reason for the traffic jam at one of the drop-off points could be the Consumer Electronics Show, which is being held at the Convention Center in Las Vegas. People started making jokes about Elon Musk, because the tunnel was made to avoid traffic jams in Las Vegas, and that is exactly what happened.

Boring Company was founded in 2016 with the intention of expanding the tunnel in Las Vegas to other major destinations, and later connecting it with Los Angeles. This could reduce driving time between the two cities from four or five hours to less than two hours. However, similar projects were rejected in Washington, Baltimore and Chicago, while Fort Lauderdale officials at Florida agreed to such a project.

Source: Mike Sington via Twitter