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Tesla has announced it will hire another 1,000 workers at its Gigafactory in Grünheide in Brandenburg, with plans to ramp up production of its Model Y car to 7,500 vehicles per week by October. The news was announced to staff at a meeting on Thursday, according to rbb.
It's the second round of hiring announced this year — Tesla made an identical pledge in April, alongside a 20% production increase. This latest expansion adds another 20% on top of that. Tesla puts the total number of new roles across the site at 3,500, including 1,500 positions tied to a new battery cell manufacturing operation.
The Gigafactory opened four years ago. Musk has said he wants to make it "probably the largest factory complex in Europe."
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