https://twitter.com/rohanspatel/status/1765457955124568552@rohanspatel
Our Giga Berlin-Brandenburg team sent me a long list of public facts, so I thought I’d share a few of them.
The entire point of @Tesla is to create innovative zero emissions products and accelerate sustainable energy/transport. But in order to do that well, we also focus on creating the most sustainable factories along with a culture to do the right thing in our community.
• Giga’s per vehicle production only takes 2.28 m3 of water – 33% less than industry average (3.68 m3).
• We recycle up to 100% of our industrial water.
• We have over 8 MW of installed solar capacity and source renewable electricity.
• Afforestation for Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg’s current site is even faster than construction - 300 hectares of high-quality forest (> 60 % of hardwood) have been planted.
• In the nearby area the team has helped ecologically improve 340 hectares of existing forest through underplanting hardwood, making Grünheide, Spreenhagen & Gosen-Neu Zittau forests more diverse and therefore more resilient.
• We incentivize a sustainable lifestyle - 45% of our employees commute by public transport.
• Our shuttle train has a daily passenger volume of over 3000 and is free of charge.
• @TeslaCharging
has installed over 500 wall connectors - we think it’s the world’s largest charging park.
• More than 12,000 people work at Giga. -1,500 of them were unemployed and another ~700 were long-term unemployed.
• We partner with 13 different schools, and we are the biggest apprenticeship employer in Brandenburg.
• Grünheide is only to beginning to benefit from Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg – in 2022, the year the factory started production, €6 Million EUR in trade taxes were paid to the
municipality.
• @staatskanzleibb
achieved the highest GDP growth rate of all non-city states in Germany in the first half year 2023 - in large part due to Tesla's direct and indirect economic impact.
• The Giga team is supporting a long list of community impact projects through volunteer efforts and partnerships with local youth clubs and associations.