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29 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Giga Berlin

Brandenburg Minister-President Woitke

"The application that is now expected to be submitted soon by Tesla amended - expanded to include the construction of a battery factory - is positive news for the country"
Woitke continued

"If this additional investment is now included in the permit application, it goes without saying that the application documents will have to be revised and then, accordingly, the approval authorities will have the final say"
Minister-President Woitke concluded

"We are well advised to do everything we can to ensure that the entire approval process for car production in GrΓΌnheide runs in a legally secure manner. The further procedure is currently being discussed."
All statement I could find from politician except the far left & right are positive and support Giga Berlin

Authorities want to avoid a final permit can be legally attacked, intending to make it water-proof

German would make a strong statement if they manage to avoid delays

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30 Apr
VW initiated a task force to fight against the semiconductor shortage

Head of task force

The situation remains critical in the second quarter and could even worsen. "We are fighting for every vehicle"
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"The situation will remain tense in the second quarter. Further production adjustments cannot be ruled out"

Hundreds of parts are affected at all car & truck brands

"There are always supply shortages but we've never had a situation like this before"
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The task force involved in purchase chips for their suppliers now and has done 10,000 broker requests to solve bottlenecks but only half of it could be solved
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VW expands its Software Org

VW Group CEO Herbert Diess "In Cariad, we are investing 2.5 billion euros per year"

"Then on top of that, there's an acquisition or two"

According to media sources he retreats from supervisory boards at Seat & Skoda bc he wants to focus on SW
VW had already invested around €2bn in the start-up Argo AI, which is jointly operated with Ford, for this purpose

Diess "will be the cardiovascular system of a car".

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28 Apr
πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Giga Berlin

Secretary-General of the Economic Council, CDU, Steiger

"The delays in locating the new Tesla plant in Brandenburg are not only embarrassing for the capital region, but reveal significant deficiencies in German planning and permitting law"
Steiger continued

"If Germany wants to remain a leading industrial nation, bureaucratic and legal hurdles urgently need to be removed."

Right now no delay has been announced but its given the changing application according to the Ministry likely
Vice Chairman of the FDP Parliamentary Group, Michael Theurer

"The fact that even with a great deal of political backing the process takes longer than construction throws a spotlight on what SMEs (small & medium busin.) have to suffer on a daily basis without such protection"
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28 Apr
Model 3 in Europe YTD (Jan-March) the best selling BEV πŸ†

150% more sales than Zoe
165% more sales than ID.3 Image
Model 3 in πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Europe in March #1 πŸ† with distance

328% more sales than Kona
340% more sales than Zoe
374% more sales than ID.4
384% more sales than ID.3 Image
The best selling vehicle is 4 years in the markets and for 2 years delivered in Europe

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί to compare
Model 3 - 2 years
VW ID.3 - 7 months
VW ID.4 - 1 month
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23 Apr
Sandy Munro conclusions about the VW ID.4
Sandy Munro

"I noticed that all the controls on the ID.4 are slow"
Sandy Munro

"I thought the only other guys that had a chance at turning on an electric car - a true electric car is VW (...) I was expecting a lot more"
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21 Apr
πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Giga Berlin 1/X

Lots of confusion in the German & Int. media about the status of Giga Berlin after the Economy committee meeting in the Parliament in Brandenburg today

Minister Steinbach said a delay is not likely the media turns the stores around said '3 months delay'
Steinbach said

"If one were to come to the conclusion - and I say this very clearly in the subjunctive - that one should come to a quasi 3rd overall interpretation under immission control law, that would take about 3 months"

Remember he said "not likely"
The original video recording of the committee meeting is not online yet but I will listen to it once it is and inform with more details

Some risk factors remain and no one can exclude a delay but as of now all risk factors I hear about should be able to manage until July/August
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