Tesla Inc.’s new European manufacturing unit just isn’t anticipated to start out manufacturing till the tip of January 2022.

CEO Elon Musk has given the staff answerable for the plant six extra months to finish the challenge, firm sources told Automobilwoche, the German affiliate of Automotive Information.

Tesla had stated on April 26 that manufacturing is on monitor to start out in late 2021, as a substitute of its earlier goal of July. However there will likely be an extra delay attributable to issues in getting the plant prepared for battery pack manufacturing and gaining regulatory approval, firm sources stated.

Battery manufacturing won’t begin by the tip of the 12 months, the sources stated. However development of the primary manufacturing unit construction, together with the press store and paint store, is nicely superior, they stated.

Tesla has made adjustments to a planning software that have to be authorized earlier than it may well begin manufacturing. The revised software means there will likely be one other spherical of public session, pushing again regulatory approval, the native surroundings ministry in Brandenburg said earlier this month.

Tesla plans to construct as much as 500,000 automobiles on the manufacturing unit, beginning with the Mannequin Y. It’s going to make use of 12,000 individuals.