Berlin: Tesla has attracted its request for state funding for the battery planned factory near Berlin, an electric vehicle maker said on Friday, adding that the construction plan has not changed.
The European Union in January approved a plan that included providing state assistance to Tesla, BMW and others to support electric vehicle battery production and help blocks to reduce imports from Chinese industry leaders.
Tesla is expected to receive 1.14 billion Euros https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/german-decision-tsla-subsidies-expected-id-year-2021-09-05 ($ 1.28 billion ) In UE funding for the battery plants in Gruenheide, Brandenburg under the plan, with the possibility of the final decision at the end of the year.
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Carmaker doesn’t say why it has attracted its application for funding.
The company itself invests 5 billion euros at the battery factory, according to estimates of the German economic ministry.
Meanwhile, the construction of a car production site next to a battery generator, the Tesla has begun to build pre-approval permits while waiting for the final approval of the regional government, has made good progress in the past few weeks, a federal economic ministry spokesman said.
“Tesla has told the Ministry of Federal Economic and Minister Brandenburg …
this attracts IPCEI applications for state funding for the battery factory in Grunheide,” said Tesla spokesman, referring to the European subsidies allocated for what is called ‘important projects of common European interests ‘.
“However, Tesla adhered to his plan for batteries and recycling plants at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg,” said the spokesman.
Electric vehicle makers are also applied in November 2020 for regional funds from Brandenburg, according to the local government website.
A spokesman for the Brandenburg Ministry of Economy said this application had not been withdrawn.
The number of Tesla applied is not kept secret, but investment worth more than 100 million euros is generally given 6.8% of their value, the website said.
The latest round of online consultation for the community to express the environment and other concerns about the car factory and the battery factory was closed last week and the Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he hoped to officially start production at the end of the year and then walked as soon as possible.
Musk has made irritation to known German laws and processes, said in a letter to the authorities in April that complex planning requirements in the country are contrary to the urgency needed to combat climate change.