Overview
- Tesla opened the new engineering center in Berlin-Köpenick on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, and began partial operations with more than 250 engineers and technicians moved from Tilburg and other labs.
- The company says it invested €100 million to convert a former factory into roughly 30 labs that focus on material development, powertrains and vehicle design.
- A large hall at the site will carry out safety tests on vehicle parts, including airbag tests, and tests on battery cells to validate components before series production.
- Tesla has applied for permission to expand the center to a second stage that would boost staffing to about 500 engineers and technicians to increase local development capacity.
- The center sits close to Tesla’s Grünheide plant and is intended to speed feedback from development to production, create local engineering jobs, and underline Tesla’s long-term commitment to Germany as an innovation hub.