Tesla Giga Berlin Update — Yet Another Roof Goes Up (Videos)
As the end of August approaches, let’s check in again on the construction progress at Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory. Guess what? There’s yet another roof going up, this time on the body-in-white building.
The body-in-white building is a large, low building on the western side of the site, adjacent to the paint shop, and just to the north of the general assembly building. Here’s a refresher on what the basic final factory layout will be:
Around a month ago we saw the first roof going up, on the paint building. Then just two weeks ago the drive unit building began to get its own roof.
The above body-in-white roof photo is shared with us courtesy of Wolfpack Berlin, and you can watch their latest youtube video in full here (subscribe to their channel if you want to support their work):
Meanwhile, progress has continued apace on the drive unit building, which is now being fitted with its outer wall finish (it looks like a finish layer, but if this is just an insulation layer, let me know):
The drive unit building is also in the process of having insulation added to the roof, and we can get a close look at the work being performed in this video by Tobias Lindh (from the 12:37 mark if you want to jump straight to it):
Just to spread the love, here’s one more youtube channel keeping us up to date with the progress at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin:
Overall, work appears to be progressing very well, with the foundations now going in for most of the remaining factory buildings. Given the modular and prefabricated approach of much of the build, I can’t see any reason why most of the structural work (including roofs and walls) couldn’t be mostly complete before the end of this year.