Stock Photo - 12 December 2020, Brandenburg, Grünheide: The newly cleared area of pine forest on the site of the Tesla Gigafactory construction site (aerial photograph taken with a drone) From July 2021, a maximum of 500,000 vehicles per year are to roll off the assembly line in the factory - and according to the plans of the car manufacturer, the maximum should be reached as quickly as possible. The US electric carmaker expects up to 10,500 employees to work shifts at its planned first factory in Europe for the time being. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Grünheide/Brandenburg/Germany