In the following two years, huge capacity pressure has been plaguing Tesla.
If the production capacity does not go up, the profit will not go up.
If you earn less money, you earn less. Take your time, the production capacity will always go up.
However, because of burning too much money when doing research and development in the past, Tesla's daily debt interest is astronomical. If the profit cannot cover the interest, Tesla will be in a state of continuous blood loss.
Thus, the miracle of human history appeared. On the one hand, products are in short supply, and on the other hand, Tesla's capital chain is on the verge of collapse and may fall into debt crisis at any time.
As long as the production capacity can be increased, all problems will be solved, but the production capacity just can't go up.
It's not that easy to build a giant factory.
In 20 18, Musk came to China, trying to build a super factory for Tesla at the speed of China and expand its production capacity.
In just three months, Musk negotiated with Shanghai.
Shanghai provided a huge piece of land for Tesla to build a factory at the price of 1%, and at the same time provided a loan of 185 billion RMB for Tesla in urgent need of funds, with an annualized interest rate as low as 3.9%.
These two conditions are equal to sending money, but Shanghai will not lose money.
Because Musk promised in the agreement that Tesla Giga Shanghai will pay no less than 2.23 billion yuan in taxes to China every year from 2023, otherwise Tesla will return the land.
After signing the agreement, Musk saw what China speed was.
20 18 10, the agreement was formally signed.
20 18 12. All the land has been leveled and all the construction units have entered the site.
On October 20 19 1 month, Tesla Shanghai factory officially started construction.
On October 20 19, 1 1 year 10, Tesla Shanghai factory was completed and all the equipment was installed.
After debugging for a month, the assembly line officially started, and the whole factory began to run wildly.
It took only one year from the signing of the agreement to the completion of the factory, and the construction period was only 10 month, far exceeding the two-year construction period planned by Musk. This is a miracle.
Since the first car of Tesla Shanghai factory rolled off the assembly line, Tesla's profit has exceeded interest expenses, and Tesla has no pressure to break the capital chain.
To celebrate this historic moment, Musk even danced happily in public.
China factory is Tesla's first overseas super factory, which helped Musk solve a huge problem.
After people taste the sweetness, the first reaction is of course to copy their past success.
Therefore, Musk decided to build a second overseas super factory.
This time, he chose Germany, the European automobile manufacturing center.
Then, I received a strict education.
2019165438+10, the month when Tesla's Shanghai factory was completely completed, Musk announced that he would build a super factory in Germany, located in Glenhead, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, only 24 miles east of Berlin.
Government officials in Brandenburg welcome Tesla very much, because it will bring huge local taxes and tens of thousands of jobs, and it will also bring hundreds of thousands of related jobs through industrial chain gathering. The benefits are not too much at all, so it is simply sold to Tesla for 300 hectares.
It took China only 10 months to build Tesla Super Factory?
Brandenburg Minister of Economy J? RgSteinbach said:
Everything seems to be going well.
Unexpectedly, this is the beginning of a nightmare.
The land that Tesla took was ordinary, but it was not abandoned. Some artificial economic forests have been planted on it.
After taking the land, we must first level the site, that is, cut down these economic forests and then make trouble.
Environmentalists immediately protested and directly sued Tesla, saying that these trees could not be cut down. Artificial economic forest is also a forest. How can Tesla cut them casually? This is a serious damage to the local ecological environment.
After repeated negotiations, Tesla promised to replant more than three times the economic forest in other places, and finally solved the matter.
And then we can level the land?
Of course not.
Environmentalists also found that Tesla Super Factory consumes about 3.6 million cubic meters of water every year, accounting for 30% of the supply of local water plants. Therefore, environmentalists said that the establishment of Tesla factory would seriously consume the local water resources reserves, and held a protest on June 5438+ 10/8.
It looks like a lot, but there are actually only 8,700 residents in the local area, and the Tesla factory has only 1.2 million employees. Is it too much to ask for 30% water? Don't talk about water for production. Don't these 1.2 million people need to drink water?
But 8700 residents need 70% water, which I think is too much.
But reason doesn't make sense, because the topic of water resources is regarded by some local political parties as an excellent opportunity to win eyeballs and votes, and they don't care whether Tesla dies or not.
Christian Rechholz, chairman of the German Ecological Democratic Party, made a speech in several media, declaring that he was very disappointed with the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology:
In short, some ordinary Germans who don't even know the multiplication table of 1999 think that the chairman of the German Ecological Democratic Party is a good man, and he really wants to consider the future of Germany, so he must vote for him next time.
As a result, the anti-Tesla voice became louder.
What should I do if my arm can't twist my thigh? After repeated negotiations, Tesla promised to reduce its water consumption.
And then we can start working?
Of course still can't.
Environmentalists also claim that the forest cut down by Tesla is the habitat of bats, and June 5438+1October in 2020 is their hibernation season, so they can't be disturbed, or they will die in large numbers.
Bats will enter the mating season after hibernation and then reproduce, so they can't be disturbed. They need to wait until the little bats grow up before cutting down trees to give them time to move.
This is not negotiable. Anything Tesla says will be accused of being a cold-blooded butcher.
Therefore, Tesla urgently hired the German environmental protection department to conduct a species survey of the entire forest area. The investigation report shows that there are only two bats in the whole forest area.
Therefore, Tesla claims that the establishment of the factory will not cause any particularly serious impact.
On February 13, 2020, Tesla, who was in a hurry, thought that everything was ready and started logging and preparing to build a factory.
Then, environmentalists found in the species survey list that there are wolves, lizards and even ants in this area, which must be protected. . .
Yes, Tesla must properly arrange the ant colonies in this forest as required. . .
In short, environmentalists will never allow Tesla to completely clean up this forest. Instead, after repeated consultations and efforts, a small part of the land will be leveled first, and the rest will be left for later consultations.
In April 2020, the first small piece of land was finally leveled.
The German team of Tesla, which claims to surpass China's team, has only leveled the land for five months, and only partially leveled the land.
Honey, can we get to work?
Of course, it is still impossible, because Tesla has to wait for the construction permit.
Tesla's German team is expected to get the construction permit within seven months, and they will do their best to achieve this goal.
The reason why we have to wait so long is that the establishment of Tesla factory is a political achievement for some government officials, but it is a source of trouble for some government officials. Nobody wants to get into trouble for Tesla.
In foreign countries, this is called strictly following the rules and regulations. In China, this is called bureaucracy. Well-known experts defined it anyway.
For example, the agricultural department of Brandenburg requires Tesla to use a special material to protect groundwater sources during construction.
On the issue of groundwater protection, it took Tesla a month and a half to get the construction permit.
For example, the German environmental protection department believes that the vibration of the pile driver may affect the surrounding railways during the construction of the Tesla factory, so Tesla should provide a construction plan that can ensure safety and submit it for review.
This took another month.
There are various other construction permits, and Tesla needs to meet the requirements of various immortals.
In short, by June 5438+065438+ 10, 2020, Tesla, who had spent seven months running the formalities, still didn't get all the construction permits and was forced to postpone the commencement date.
On February 7, 2020, before the remaining construction permit was obtained, environmentalists found a hibernating snake under Tesla's woodland. . .
Oh, my God, this is not good. How can you disturb the hibernation of adult snakes in order to build a broken factory? You can't do it until the hibernation of snakes is over.
On February 8, 2020, 65438+, the environmental protection organization obtained an emergency injunction from the court. . .
As a result, Tesla's dream of building a factory was broken again, although as of June+February, 65438, it was still just a piece of white land.
February 2, 20021year1day, the snake finally woke up, and the director of Tesla Germany was so excited that he almost cried, so he ordered to cut down trees quickly.
Result. . .
In April of 20021year, the water affairs bureau found that some water pipes of Tesla were installed without permission, so it ordered Tesla to stop work and rectify.
In May, 20021,German regulators found that the construction license of Tesla factory's 4680 battery production line lacked a so-called license that could be used as a power battery, and ordered Tesla to apply for a special license.
In June, 200212002, environmental organizations protested and suspected that Tesla could not control the toxic gas generated during the construction. The environmental protection department asked Tesla to explain this and stop work for rectification.
In July, 20021year, some so-called exposed chemical tanks were found in Tesla construction site. They were not on the declaration documents and did not get the approval of the government, so they stopped work, were fined and ordered to make rectification.
The reason why it is so easy for Tesla to stop work is because Tesla has not obtained a complete construction permit until today, and all kinds of approvals have not been completed. Many activities of Tesla Germany team only obtained temporary construction permits, so any government department can stop the construction progress of Tesla Super Factory.
July this year is the latest completion date of the factory set by Musk. As a result, Tesla's German factory is still a chicken feather.
When approving the construction permit last summer, some people said that the approval was not that simple, and the German factory might be delayed for 3-6 months.
At that time, a Tesla German team executive disagreed with this view, saying:
According to the current construction progress, this Tesla can only be built with its head.
Tesla once asked the German government to speed up the construction approval process and simplify the approval process, as fast as Shanghai, but it was directly turned back by the local government:
With the construction progress like this, Musk, nicknamed "Tyrant", must have been angry many times, and the head of Tesla's German team must be under great pressure.
But I believe that the German team has spent all the available time on construction, but the time stolen against time is really too little.
From June of 20 19 1 1 to July of 20021,a total of ***20 months have passed.
Not to mention the completion, Tesla has not yet obtained the official construction permit from the German government! Just secretly engaged in a small project, barely built the building shell, which was all empty.
It is really difficult to build a Tesla factory in Germany.
Tesla China factory, however, has only been built for 10 months, and it has become like this.
It is really their own fault that the European and American countries, which used to be far ahead in technology and wealth, have become so slow in economic development today.
If you don't do it, you won't die
Germany tried to engage in Industry 4.0? Really?
I think they are doing actual cost/original budget = 4.0~
Author: Fiona Fang Aoki (YFqingmu)