BERLIN (Reuters) – Elon Musk will visit Tesla’s factory in Berlin in mid-February, the chief govt tweeted on Tuesday, following hypothesis on Twitter that he could be in Germany this month.
“I obv can’t touch upon each rumor, however this isn’t true. Am headed to Berlin mid Feb, not this week,” Musk tweeted in response to an article by web site Drive Tesla CA which cited a tweet claiming he was visiting Berlin on Jan. 16.
Musk added in a separate tweet that rumours round his journey plans on-line have been turning into a “safety concern,” in response to an apology from the account proprietor who first posted the unsuitable journey date, Sawyer Merritt.
Musk mentioned final 12 months he anticipated the Berlin factory to have obtained its licence to start mass manufacturing of its Model Y automobiles by December, however bureaucratic hurdles and an ongoing court docket case over the factory’s water use have delayed the method.
A primary listening to in the court docket case will happen on Feb. 11, though regional finance minister Joerg Steinbach advised German newspaper Tagesspiegel earlier this month that the license to start manufacturing may come earlier than the case was resolved.
Tesla was not instantly obtainable for remark.
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, Nadine Schimroszik, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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