BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to attend the opening of Tesla’s gigafactory close to Berlin on Tuesday, together with the automaker’s CEO, Elon Musk.

Scholz will give a welcoming speech on the opening ceremony for the manufacturing unit, a authorities spokeswoman stated, however in view of the struggle in Ukraine, there could also be adjustments at brief discover.

On Tuesday afternoon, Musk plans to personally hand over to clients the primary Mannequin Y vehicles constructed at autos the manufacturing unit.

The $5 billion manufacturing unit, Tesla’s first in Europe, is central to Musk’s ambitions to cross European market chief Volkswagen.

The plant is about to provide over 500,000 battery-electric autos a 12 months, whereas its battery plant will generate over 50 gigawatt hours a 12 months.

Musk initially wished to start out manufacturing on final summer season, however the approval course of was delayed as a result of Tesla added a battery manufacturing unit to the appliance for the automobile meeting, including to delays attributable to environmental objections.

Concern that the plant would pressure the realm’s water provide was a significant factor within the delayed opening.

The state of Brandenburg gave ultimate approval for the manufacturing unit on March 4.

The manufacturing unit can begin as deliberate on Tuesday, the Brandenburg state authorities stated on Saturday. “At current, now we have no findings that stand in the best way of commissioning,” Setting Ministry spokeswoman Frauke Zelt instructed German media.

Tesla has been establishing the manufacturing unit below a brief approval course of. The automaker has been allowed to construct as much as 2,000 vehicles to check manufacturing processes.

The manufacturing unit is in Gruenheide, 35 km (22 miles)southeast of Berlin, on land thought-about for a BMW plant that was as an alternative in-built Leipzig.

Reuters and Bloomberg contributed to this report