Tesla’s leadership in Germany is coming out swinging against local media, accusing a major outlet of running a calculated campaign of "false information" to stir up trouble at the company’s European manufacturing hub.

André Thierig, the Senior Director of Manufacturing at Gigafactory Berlin, took to LinkedIn recently to "set the record straight" regarding a report from the German publication Handelsblatt. The report claimed the factory only produced 149,000 Model Ys in 2025, a figure Thierig calls flat-out wrong. According to Thierig, Giga Berlin actually produced over 200,000 vehicles in 2025 despite a temporary production halt early in the year to reconfigure manufacturing lines for the new Model Y.

Setting the Production Record Straight

Thierig didn't stop at just correcting the numbers. He slammed the publication for suggesting the factory is in crisis, noting that production actually increased every quarter compared to the previous one in 2025. He also revealed that Tesla is planning a further increase for the first quarter of 2026.

"The Handelsblatt degenerates into the mouthpiece of IG Metall," Thierig wrote, suggesting the media outlet is working in tandem with the German metalworkers’ union to "create fear and uncertainty among the workforce and thus influence voter behavior". He even poked fun at the publication’s claim that Tesla had a profit margin of just 0.74%, attributing the figure to their "secret 'arithmetic skills'".

The Backstory: Tesla vs. IG Metall

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