Tesla confirms deliveries of German-made Model Ys to begin March 22

Tesla has confirmed that deliveries of Model Y vehicles manufactured at the Gigafactory Berlin in Germany will begin on March 22.

Last week, after months of delay, Tesla finally received its official building permit following environmental approval of its Gigafactory Berlin project.

It was believed to be the last regulatory step needed for Tesla to officially begin production at the Gigafactory Berlin.

However, the approval was conditional on about 400 different conditions that the automaker was required to ratify. Surprisingly, German officials said at the time that they expected Tesla to meet all those conditions within the next two weeks.

It will begin production and deliveries in late March (since production had in fact already unofficially begun, hundreds of Model Y vehicles were seen exiting the plant).

Tesla has now confirmed and started sending out invitations for a delivery event on March 22:

As we previously reported, Gigafactory Berlin is critical to Tesla’s plans to expand into Europe and improve manufacturing and distribution efficiencies across its operations.

Once fully developed, the factory is expected to significantly reduce Tesla’s need to import cars from factories in the US and China.

In turn, this will enable greater efficiencies for those markets and keep vehicle production closer to the end customers.

The new factory is also expected to help Tesla financially by reducing transit times. Since Tesla owns its vehicles until they are handed over to the end customer, vehicles in long-term transit, such as on boats across the ocean, are a huge financial strain on the company.

March 22 will be an important step for Tesla to begin deliveries of European-made vehicles and put it on a path to improved logistical efficiency.

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