Tesla Confirms 1,000 More Hires to Ramp Giga Berlin to 7,500 Cars a Week

Overview

• Tesla confirmed Thursday that it will recruit 1,000 additional workers at its Grünheide plant to reach a production target of 7,500 Model Y vehicles per week by October.
• This second hiring wave follows about 1,000 staff added in April and comes after a May plan to recruit roughly 1,500 people for battery cell production in Germany.
• If achieved, the October pace would put Giga Berlin at roughly 390,000 cars a year, a marked rise from about 200,000 produced in 2025 but still short of the 500,000-a-year target announced when the factory opened.
• Analysts attribute the European rebound to external market forces—chiefly rising fuel prices and renewed incentives—while noting Giga Berlin builds only the Model Y so its output depends on that single model’s demand.
• Sustaining the recovery faces risks from growing Chinese competition, especially BYD, and from any easing of the fuel-price tailwind, though the ramp could boost local jobs and strengthen Tesla’s battery supply chain in Germany.