According to the news on February 23, Tesla Berlin factory was initially scheduled to be put into operation last summer. At present, the factory production line has been in place, and the pre production and test vehicles began at the end of last year. Now Tesla is still waiting for local approval in Germany < p > Rocco pigola, 59, is an oil refinery worker from Bavaria, Germany, who already owns six Tesla cars. When he heard that Tesla had built a new factory near Berlin, he immediately seized the opportunity to order a model y high-performance version < p > "I want to be the first person to drive a German made Tesla electric car," pigura said < p > but now, he and other German fans have to wait. Tesla executives said that the factory machines have been installed and the pre production test vehicles have been started since the end of last year. But because it did not obtain a commercial operation license, Tesla Berlin plant was unable to increase production and sell cars < p > the factory was originally scheduled to start operation last summer, but it has been postponed several times. At present, there is no clear date for operation < p > analysts and the location of the factory said that the decision to postpone the opening was mainly made by Tesla itself. In addition, it was also affected by the German approval process. Tesla did not respond to requests for comment < p > analysts said that this plant in glenhead is crucial to Tesla's business growth and profitability. Glenhead is a small town surrounded by lakes and forests. According to Tesla's planning application and management statement in the past two years, the company will first produce model y electric vehicles in this factory, with an annual production capacity of about 500000 vehicles < p > Tesla reported that the global sales of electric vehicles in 2021 was 936222, an increase of 87% year-on-year. Analysts expect global sales of Tesla electric vehicles to be as high as 1.5 million this year. The Berlin plant allows Tesla to directly serve the European auto market < p > Tesla's last expected opening time was last fall. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has repeatedly said that the Berlin plant will start producing a small number of cars by the end of 2021 and may start delivery in early 2022, but it still takes time for full production < p > (the factory) will take longer to achieve mass production than to build the factory. It's really difficult, "Musk said during a visit to the Berlin factory last October < p > to some extent, Tesla has done everything it can and the factory is ready to produce cars. In January this year, the local economic department confirmed that Tesla had bought a section of railway to operate a round-trip train between nearby ekna and the factory, reducing the commuting pressure of workers; Ig metall, the German industrial union, said it had opened an office outside the Tesla Berlin factory to organize employees; Customers are also ordering cars from the Berlin factory < p > however, Tesla still lacks final planning approval procedures to start commercial production < p > local government officials and analysts in Germany said that the opposition of environmentalists to the factory was part of the reason for the delay in the opening of the factory, but the most serious delay was because a battery factory built by Tesla in the factory was not included in the initial planning application document < p > "it took them another six months," said Stefan bratzel, director of the center of automotive management, a German research institution. Even so, brazier said, "the progress of factory construction has been a record in Germany." < p > the German state government of Brandenburg said it had used the German rapid approval method to speed up the approval process. Local government agencies have approved the preliminary construction application of the factory in stages, allowing Tesla to build the factory and manufacture several cars for the test production system, but the factory is prohibited from commercial production until the final approval is passed < p > according to the current law in Germany, Tesla must submit an environmental impact study report for public comment. In the process, citizens and environmental protection organizations are worried that the factory will have a negative impact on the local environment. Brandenburg collected more than 800 individual complaints at public hearings held in 2020 and 2021 < p > Brandenburg state government officials said they needed to study every objection and make necessary adjustments to the plant planning to ensure that the approval procedures could withstand any legal challenges after the plant was officially opened < p > a spokesman for the Brandenburg Ministry of environment said that the approval process was in the final stage, but she was unable to determine the specific date of factory approval < p > even if approved, the operation of the plant may still face various problems. Local residents and environmental protection organizations are particularly concerned that Tesla factory and relevant service providers that may subsequently settle in the local area may use too much water, threatening residents' water supply. But most of these lawsuits were dismissed by the court < p > environmentalists have filed a lawsuit to prevent a utility company from increasing the water supply to Tesla plant through a new pumping facility. The water supply company said that if the court sided with the plaintiff, there would be a huge gap in the local water supply and the whole community would be affected < p > "in short, there is no Tesla without water," said wasserverband Strausberg erkner, a water supply company < p > analysts said that the planning application of Tesla Berlin plant is unlikely to be rejected. They said such a decision would force Tesla to close its factories and restore the land to its original state, which could keep investors away from Germany in the coming years < p > pigura of Bavaria, Germany, said that he ordered a model y high-performance electric vehicle in September last year, and the initial delivery date is set in January this year. Pigura said he received a call last November telling him that the electric vehicles produced by the Berlin factory might not be ready for delivery until March this year, and the delivery time of the white model he chose was even longer < p > "I changed to black," pigura said. "But there is still no definite delivery date." (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >