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Tesla should pay Germany 1.14B euros for their permission to build a battery cell plant in Germany.

by louwrentius 5y ago

jdthedisciple 5y ago
Weird logic. You think Germany is not gonna profit massively - both monetarily as well as otherwise - already?
bsksi 5y ago
Then they'll build it and create the jobs somewhere else.
judge2020 5y ago
With the amount of legal fees and payroll spent on getting permission to put it up, I think they’ll eventually hit that mark.
panick21 5y ago
Why?
- mrshadowgoose 5y ago
  I can only speculate, but within the last few years it's become vogue to hate on Elon Musk and his companies, despite the incredible amount of good Tesla has been doing for humanity and the planet.
whoknowswhat11 5y ago
Each time they do something it costs a ton - they have 800 complaints pending for their latest efforts to get through. The Berlin Brandenburg Airport took 25+ years to get build, 14+ YEARS of construction. So germaney often does take it's time. Project costs went from $2.xB to something like $10B plus. Telsa is a private company, so probably can't afford overruns in time / cost of this nature (ie, 10 years later to open the factory, $8B over budget etc. Germany also seems eager to maybe balance some of the things that make everything go slow with getting something done.
- rad_gruchalski 5y ago
  > So germaney often does take it's time. Project costs went from $2.xB to something like $10B plus. Using this airport as an example of “it takes time in Germany” is a mistake. This airport is an example of how the German system may fail and is a laughing case for everyone in Germany: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport, History section has all the details.
- dgellow 5y ago
  The berlin branderburg airport is one of the worst example you could use. It's not because "germany takes it's time", the project was a series of fiasco.
oh_sigh 5y ago
That makes about as much sense as you paying me to come clean my house.
- dgellow 5y ago
  Not a bad idea though from the point of view of the customer, I would clean my house more often if you pay me and also do the hard work :)

Tesla should pay Germany 1.14B euros for their permission to build a battery cell plant in Germany.

jdthedisciple 5y ago

Weird logic. You think Germany is not gonna profit massively - both monetarily as well as otherwise - already?

bsksi 5y ago

Then they'll build it and create the jobs somewhere else.

judge2020 5y ago

With the amount of legal fees and payroll spent on getting permission to put it up, I think they’ll eventually hit that mark.

panick21 5y ago

Why?

mrshadowgoose 5y ago
I can only speculate, but within the last few years it's become vogue to hate on Elon Musk and his companies, despite the incredible amount of good Tesla has been doing for humanity and the planet.

whoknowswhat11 5y ago

Each time they do something it costs a ton - they have 800 complaints pending for their latest efforts to get through. The Berlin Brandenburg Airport took 25+ years to get build, 14+ YEARS of construction. So germaney often does take it's time. Project costs went from $2.xB to something like $10B plus. Telsa is a private company, so probably can't afford overruns in time / cost of this nature (ie, 10 years later to open the factory, $8B over budget etc. Germany also seems eager to maybe balance some of the things that make everything go slow with getting something done.

rad_gruchalski 5y ago
> So germaney often does take it's time. Project costs went from $2.xB to something like $10B plus. Using this airport as an example of “it takes time in Germany” is a mistake. This airport is an example of how the German system may fail and is a laughing case for everyone in Germany: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport, History section has all the details.
dgellow 5y ago
The berlin branderburg airport is one of the worst example you could use. It's not because "germany takes it's time", the project was a series of fiasco.

oh_sigh 5y ago

That makes about as much sense as you paying me to come clean my house.

dgellow 5y ago
Not a bad idea though from the point of view of the customer, I would clean my house more often if you pay me and also do the hard work :)