Yes, Tesla would have build the plant there anyway most likely but saying 'it happens anyway' in a broader context is not clear, EU has made a strategic choice

Yes, Tesla would have build the plant there anyway most likely but saying 'it happens anyway' in a broader context is not clear, EU has made a strategic choice that battery are a high priority and that why they want to make it happen both faster, and broader. I'm not a fan of subsides like this, but if you are gone subsidies something then batteries are one of the best things. > Tesla (which is not even a German or EU company) The exact reason the EU lets other companies apply is because they want to have international investment in the EU from companies not from the EU. > which has other EU states help reinforce their already dominant industrial position. Every country that is spending in this program gets some return. The countries that got granted money are all over Europe.