Tesla facilities in Tilburg | |
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Location | Tilburg, Netherlands |
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Buildings | 3 |
Owner(s) | Tesla, Inc. |
Tesla, Inc. has several factory buildings in the industrial zone of Vossenberg, Tilburg, in the Netherlands. In December 2012, a European Distribution Centre in Tilburg was announced, acting as the European parts and services headquarters. [1] The Tesla Tilburg assembly plant handled final assembly of Tesla Model S/X electric vehicles for delivery within Europe. [2]
As of late 2018 [update], Tesla had three factory buildings in the Vossenberg industrial area of Tilburg, 15 kilometres (10 mi) north of the Belgium–Netherlands border with a total floor area of 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft). [3] The factory buildings are close to the Wilhelmina Canal (Wilhelminakanaal) allowing for water-based delivery of intermodal containers arriving via the Port of Rotterdam.
The first 18,900-square-metre (200,000 sq ft) Tesla facility started final assembly of Tesla Model S cars on 22 August 2013. [4] [5] It was Tesla's first factory outside California. [6]
By late 2015, the assembly plant was in the process of doubling capacity from 200 cars per week, to 450 cars per week. [6] The factory used for final assembly has a 3.4-megawatt rooftop photovoltaic power station. [2] Vehicles arrived from the Tesla Fremont Factory in California as " gliders" with the interior fully fitted out. The battery pack and electric drivetrain components were shipped separately and installed into the unpowered vehicles in Tilburg. [6] The factory building contains a 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) indoor test track with the back straight allowing speeds of 110 kilometres per hour (70 mph). [6]
As of the 2021 S/X refresh, Tesla is no longer using this facility for S/X assembly. [7]
In mid-2018, Tesla took control of a third building with an area of 36,000 square metres (390,000 sq ft), approximately 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the headquarters building. [8] Now called the Tesla Global Parts Distribution Centre & Warehouse, the building had been certified by BREEAM as having a "very good" sustainability rating.
In October 2017, the original developers Ontwikkelingscombinatie Scheg had sold the nearly-completed building to Standard Life Aberdeen investment organisation. [9]
new European Distribution Center
factory in Tilburg, the Netherlands started production on
18,900 m2 assembly plant will now receive nearly complete Model S units shipped over from the US for final assembly
(36,000 square meters) and is located at Vossenbergseweg, close to Tesla's assembly plant and delivery center.