Begin vehicle deliveries from the Berlin-Brandenburg factory
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 29 Jan 2020
- Due
- 31 Dec 2021
- Checked
- 1 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The first deliveries from this factory are expected in 2021.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Tesla did not begin vehicle deliveries from the Berlin-Brandenburg factory in 2021; filings confirm that only equipment testing occurred in late 2021, with final permits pending at that time.
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A Tesla, Inc. 10-K filed 2022-02-07
“equipment testing through the vehicle production process in Gigafactory Berlin started in late 2021.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Tesla, Inc. 8-K filed 2022-01-26
“Equipment testing through the vehicle production process started late 2021. We are still in the process of finalizing the manufacturing permit from local authorities, which will allow us to start delivering German-made vehicles in Europe.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -9.6% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (25 Jan 2022 to 28 Jan 2022). What this measures
Checked 1 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Production start
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Begin
- Deliverable
- Vehicles from Berlin-Brandenburg factory
- Where
- Germany
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- Medium
- Depends on
- Regulatory
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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