German automation talent drove Elon Musk's Tesla move into Europe

German automation talent drove Elon Musk's Tesla move into Europe

To unclog bottlenecks last year in Tesla Model 3 production in California, Elon Musk flew in six planeloads of new robots and equipment from Germany to speed up battery output. Now the Tesla CEO is trying to tap that German automation ecosystem directly with Tuesday's announcement that the electric carmaker will build a European car and battery factory near Berlin. The new German factory is designed to help change all that.