Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Visit EV Carmaker's Berlin Factory in Mid-February

Elon Musk said in a separate tweet that rumours around his travel plans online were becoming a "security issue”.

By Reuters | Updated: 18 January 2022 17:59 IST

Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Visit EV Carmaker's Berlin Factory in Mid-February

Tesla CEO Musk added that rumours around his travel plans online were becoming a "security issue"

Highlights

Musk expected the Berlin factory to have received its licence
Ongoing court case over the factory's water use have delayed the process
A first hearing in the court case will take place on February 11

Elon Musk will visit Tesla's factory in Berlin in mid-February, the chief executive tweeted on Tuesday, following speculation on Twitter that he would be in Germany this month.

"I obv can't comment on every rumor, but this isn't true. Am headed to Berlin mid Feb, not this week," Musk tweeted in response to an article by website Drive Tesla CA which cited a tweet claiming he was visiting Berlin on January 16.

I obv can't comment on every rumor, but this isn't true. Am headed to Berlin mid Feb, not this week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 17, 2022

Musk added in a separate tweet that rumours around his travel plans online were becoming a "security issue," in response to an apology from the account owner who first posted the wrong travel date, Sawyer Merritt.

Musk said last year he expected the Berlin factory to have received its licence to begin mass production of its Model Y cars by December, but bureaucratic hurdles and an ongoing court case over the factory's water use have delayed the process.

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A first hearing in the court case will take place on February 11, although regional finance minister Joerg Steinbach told German newspaper Tagesspiegel earlier this month that the license to begin production could come before the case was resolved.

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