“At some point we are not allowed to do anything anymore”
Elon Musk has inspected the construction progress of the new electric car factory in Grünheide. In a short interview, the Tesla boss couldn’t help but point out the German bureaucracy. Musk has hope for the start of production of the new Tesla Model Y.
The new plant in Grünheide, Brandenburg, is intended to be a key on Tesla’s path to conquering the European electric car market. When visiting the construction site Tesla boss Elon Musk criticized the bureaucracy in Germany.
During a visit to the Tesla plant, Elon Musk criticizes the German bureaucracy
“I think there should be a little less bureaucracy. That would be better”he said when asked Interview with ntv. The third richest person in the world provided a solution to the bureaucracy problem: Musk wants some sort of “expiration date” for regulations. The longer a society exists, according to the Tesla boss, the more regulations there would be. Therefore it should be one Give “active process” to abolish regulations again. Otherwise it would become more and more over time and: “(…) at some point we are not allowed to do anything anymore.”
The Tesla boss hopes that Production of the compact SUV Model Y will start in 2021 could. However, it is also difficult to give a specific schedule. “We can only build the cars when all the parts are there. We cannot deliver a car that is only 99 percent ready. ”Originally, so Hot, the Tesla Model Y should roll off the assembly line in July. Because the e-car manufacturer wanted to include a battery factory in the previous construction project, the application had to be publicly interpreted again. Musk has already complained in the past about the slow processes in Germany, which are “in direct contrast to the urgency necessary to combat climate change”.
Tesla isn’t Elon Musk’s only project:
Tesla gets competition from Germany and China
In addition to the slow grinding mills of the German bureaucracy, the Tesla founder could also have been hit by the increasing competition on the stomach. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the electrified Porsche Taycan, for example, has clearly overtaken the Model S in terms of registration numbers and the Chinese manufacturer Nio recently announced its entry into the European market. With its innovative interchangeable battery concept, Nio wants to make up for Tesla’s greatest advantage, the well-developed e-charging station system.
