Small context for those who are not familiar with why Tesla setup the gigafactory in the most hostile place in Germany: Tesla had the idea to place a production

Small context for those who are not familiar with why Tesla setup the gigafactory in the most hostile place in Germany: Tesla had the idea to place a production plant in Germany to have access to some of the subsidies for electric cars since Germany has a plan to not have cars with fossil fuels in 2035. The German government was a good deal because it would kill 2 birds with a single store: it would attract investments in a (debatable) lower cost via subsidies plus the site would be placed in East Germany in the 13th/16 poorest state is Brandenburg that converges to the big plan of the federal government to develop east Germany [2]. The whole process from the announcement until the end of gigafactory construction was "controversial" at least [3] but they made it. I do not want to go to the avenue of the ideological antagonism of those groups with Elon Musk, using a bit of hindsight bias I think that Tesla right now should regret not opening this factory in Poland [4], the Czech Republic or Hungary are places where the production costs are lower from the working force perspective and energy perspective. Considering energy prices, in Poland has 0.1769 EUR/kWh and Germany has 0.4125 EUR/kWh [5]. Even inside Germany they could have a way better pick in other states in the East as Thüringen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen. Those folks would have a way better reception than the population between the border between Brandenburg/Berlin (where the Gigafactory is located). I would be surprised if the situation continues to deteriorate, Tesla will move to Poland in some point in future. [1] - https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-richest-and-poorest-states-in-germany.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-richest-and-poorest-... [2] - https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwan-chipmaker-tsmc-approves-38-bln-germany-factory-plan-2023-08-08/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwan-chipmaker-tsmc-app... [3] - https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/26/23372783/tesla-gigafactory-fire-berlin-germany-cardboard https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/26/23372783/tesla-gigafactor... [4] - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/09/poland-vying-steal-germany-crown-heartland-europe/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/09/poland-vying... [5] - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Electricity_price_statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...