Overview
- Factory head André Thierig posted on LinkedIn that Grünheide built over 200,000 Model Y in 2025 and more than 700,000 since 2022, calling a Handelsblatt report based on Inovev data false and an anti-Tesla campaign.
- Inovev figures reported by Handelsblatt put 2025 output at 149,040 vehicles—about 39.7% of Tesla’s stated 375,000-plus annual capacity—and outlets noted Tesla previously did not answer requests for comment; the global 2025 delivery tally was reported down 9.1% to roughly 1.6 million.
- Roughly 11,000 employees are voting in a closely watched works-council election as management and IG Metall trade accusations of trying to sway the campaign.
- Elon Musk told staff in a video message that Tesla would realistically not expand the site if it faced stronger influence from external organizations, reinforcing management’s linkage of growth plans to the election outcome.
- Musk said battery-cell output has just begun ramping in Grünheide, and Thierig cited nearly €100 million of current investment in cell production, which contrasts with earlier plans that indicated cell manufacturing from 2027.