Tesla Giga Berlin hits new milestone by producing 500,000th Model Y

03/31/2025 02:09 PM

Tesla has produced its 500,000th Model Y at Giga Berlin-Brandenburg.

The achievement was announced on social media platform X through the company's Tesla Manufacturing account. 

A Production Milestone

A photo posted on X featured Tesla Gigafactory Berlin employees posing with a freshly-produced new Model Y. The milestone was celebrated in the facility, as hinted at by numerous balloons and confetti at the end of the Model Y production line. 

Giga Berlin-Brandenburg was officially opened on March 22, 2022. With this in mind, it would appear that it took the facility just over 1,100 days to produce half a million Model Ys. That's not as fast as other facilities like Giga Shanghai, but Giga Berlin's contributions to Tesla's global output are still notable.

Giga Berlin's Path and Hurdles

Initially known as Gigafactory 4, Giga Berlin began construction in 2020. The facility's buildout faced several delays, from the pandemic to environmental and administrative issues. Tesla ultimately held a "Giga Fest" event in October 2021 and formally opened the factory on March 22, 2022 after securing final approval.

Tesla's Q4 and FY 2024 Update Letter lists Giga Berlin's annual production capacity at over 375,000 vehicles. It should be noted, however, that Tesla has plans to expand Gigafactory Berlin, allowing the facility to produce more vehicles.

So far, Giga Berlin only produces the new Model Y, Tesla's best-selling car. The facility supplies the vehicle to several markets, from Germany to several other countries. As per factory manager André Thierig, "We not only manufacture vehicles for the German market, but also for 37 other markets, both within and outside the EU."

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