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The filing details forecasts for higher output and nearly $1.4 billion in cell manufacturing spending. It follows recent announcements of two successive 20 percent production increases at the site.
Tesla filed the Giga Berlin management report for fiscal year 2025 on June 28, 2026, @SawyerMerritt reported. The document forecasts a significant increase in production volume at the facility for the 2026 financial year together with a corresponding rise in capacity utilization.
Giga Berlin currently supplies more than 30 markets and plans to open additional markets in the future, the report states.
It records a decision to expand battery cell manufacturing capacity from an initial target of 8 gigawatt-hours per year to 18 gigawatt-hours per year. Further investments in the three-digit million dollar range will bring total spending on cell manufacturing to nearly $1.4 billion, according to the filing cited by @SawyerMerritt.
Tesla separately announced that it will raise weekly vehicle output at Giga Berlin by another 20 percent to 7,500 units beginning in October 2026.
The step follows a prior 20 percent increase announced several months earlier. The two expansions together are projected to create 3,500 additional jobs. Tesla posted its best-ever second quarter in 2026 for both vehicle sales and energy deployments, @SawyerMerritt reported.
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