Tesla Model Y is the automaker’s second bestselling car across the world, after Model 3.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in 2020 that the EV maker’s Giga Berlin factory would have the world’s most advanced paint shop. However, it appears Musk was lying, as Tesla’s Giga Berlin factory is only producing black and white Model Y electric crossovers. According to the German journal Automobilwoche, the carmaker is providing these two colour options to Model Y EV purchasers in Europe.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in 2020 that the EV maker’s Giga Berlin factory would have the world’s most advanced paint shop. However, it appears Musk was lying, as Tesla’s Giga Berlin factory is only producing black and white Model Y electric crossovers. According to the German journal Automobilwoche, the carmaker is providing these two colour options to Model Y EV purchasers in Europe.
This move of Tesla comes as a surprise as the automaker was supposed to roll out different exterior colour options for the made-in-Germany cars, as indicated by Elon Musk two years ago. He promised the Giga Berlin’s paint shop would be the world’s most advanced paint shop, with more layers of stunning colours that subtly change with curvature.
The report further hints that there have been problems at the paint shop since the factory started production in March this year. However, no details have been revealed by Tesla so far. Meanwhile, Tesla’s German factory will take a planned break of 12 days starting this week, in order to optimize the manufacturing process. The main objective of this overhauling measure is to ensure car bodies only spend 45 seconds at each manufacturing station, instead of the current 90 seconds. This will help the automaker to boost the speed of production at the factory and move to a three-shift operation. This strategy will cover the paint shop operations as well.