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Tesla to bring electric semi truck production to Gigafactory Berlin (electrek.co)
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Local German media are reporting that Musk mentioned at the event that Tesla is looking to build Tesla Semi at the factory:

“I think it makes sense to produce the Tesla Semi in Europe in Gigafactory Berlin.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Freight volume especially for a heavier electric truck is very important, because it is already limited by freight mass. There are already electric trucks for example by MAN on the EU market and the response seems pretty good. Not so much hype as everything Tesla does, though.

https://www.man.eu/de/en/truck/electric-trucks/overview.html