According to Teslarati, Ben Houchen, the mayor of Tees Valley, England, and Shane Moore, the council leader of Hartlepool, wrote a letter to Elon Musk welcoming Tesla to build a Gigafactory in the Teesside region. They stated that construction could start as early as February 2022.
Currently, Tesla is building its first Gigafactory in Europe in Gruenheide, outside of Berlin. Earlier this month, a local environmental group filed a lawsuit claiming that deforestation for the construction of the factory would affect the survival of snakes and lizards. Although the lawsuit was subsequently dismissed by the local court, it still led to a temporary halt in construction.
In the letter, Mayor Houchen emphasized that Tesla would not encounter similar issues in Teesside, where there is sufficient land resources and mature labor force for car manufacturing and battery production. He also highlighted the region’s leading advantages in clean energy, chemical industry, and precision manufacturing, making it an ideal choice for Tesla’s Gigafactory, especially considering the entry of other high-end car companies into the electric vehicle industry.
🔗Source: Teslarati
(The under-construction Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. Source: Reuters)
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