Tesla plans to choose location for ‘Gigafactory 2’ in Europe next year  

Elektrek reports that Tesla are planning to set up Gigafactory 2 in Europe - Tesla plans to choose location for ‘Gigafactory 2’ in Europe next year, will produce both batteries and cars.

Tesla also announced that they will be creating Tesla Advanced Automation Germany after buying German engineering company Grohmann Engineering, a leader in highly automated methods of manufacturing.

Musk confirmed that Tesla plans to choose a location for ‘Gigafactory 2’ in Europe next year and he added that the factory will combine both the production of batteries and complete cars. It’s an interesting development considering the Gigafactory concept was originally only supposed to manufacture battery cells and packs, but we recently learned that Tesla is planning drive system production lines at the Gigafactory 1 in Nevada. Now it looks like Tesla will take it a step further and vertically integrate the entire production process in one plant – for the ‘Gigafactory 2’ at least.