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Berlin: After a series of administrative delays, US electric car pioneer Tesla is on the verge of receiving the go-ahead from German authorities on Friday to begin production at its “giga-factory” outside Berlin.
Officials in the eastern state of Brandenburg, where the factory is located, look set to confirm their approval at a press conference in Potsdam at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT), according to local reports.
The plant, in Grueneheide, to the southeast of Berlin, is slated to produce 500,000 vehicles a year.
Announced with much fanfare in November 2019, the project was warmly received by politicians in a country proud of its car-making tradition.
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