Tesla has produced its 500,000th Model Y at Giga Berlin-Brandenburg.

The achievement was announced on social media platform X through the company’s Tesla Manufacturing account. 

A Production Milestone

A photo posted on X featured Tesla Gigafactory Berlin employees posing with a freshly-produced new Model Y. The milestone was celebrated in the facility, as hinted at by numerous balloons and confetti at the end of the all-electric crossover’s production line. 

Giga Berlin-Brandenburg was officially opened on March 22, 2022. With this in mind, it would appear that it took the facility just over 1,100 days to produce half a million Model Ys. That’s not as fast as other facilities like Giga Shanghai, but Giga Berlin’s contributions to Tesla’s global output are still notable.

Giga Berlin’s Path and Hurdles

Initially known as Gigafactory 4, Giga Berlin began construction in 2020. The facility’s buildout faced several delays, from the pandemic to environmental and administrative issues. Tesla ultimately held a “Giga Fest” event in October 2021 and formally opened the factory on March 22, 2022 after securing final approval.

Tesla’s Q4 and FY 2024 Update Letter lists Giga Berlin’s annual production capacity at over 375,000 vehicles. It should be noted, however, that Tesla has plans to expand Gigafactory Berlin, allowing the facility to produce more vehicles.

So far, Giga Berlin only produces the new Model Y, Tesla’s best-selling car. The facility supplies the vehicle to several markets, from Germany to several other countries. As per factory manager André Thierig, “We not only manufacture vehicles for the German market, but also for 37 other markets, both within and outside the EU.”

Tesla China has launched new promotions on the recently released Model Y refresh and the Model 3, offering special zero-interest loans for the next few weeks.

On Monday, Tesla began offering zero-interest loans with one- to three-year terms on purchases of the new Model Y, available between April 1 and 30 on the company’s order configurator. In addition, the automaker is offering a one- to five-year interest plan with annual rates as low as 1 percent when buyers make a down payment of at least RMB 45,900 (~$6,325).

Tesla China’s April 2025 Model Y promotions

Credit: Tesla China

You can read more details on Tesla China’s zero-interest promotion below, as detailed on the order configurator page and translated into English from Chinese.

Rejuvenated Model Y rear-wheel drive version, long-range all-wheel drive version – limited-time 0-interest/low-interest loan scheme

Customers who purchase the new Model Y rear-wheel-drive version/long-range all-wheel drive version/long range during the event from April 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025, and deliver and pay in the order before the expiration date of the vehicle, customers who meet the application qualification can apply for the following financial preferential schemes:

• • Starting from RMB 79,900, you can enjoy a 1 to 3 year 0 interest plan
  • From the down payment of RMB 45,900, you can enjoy a 1- to 5-year low-interest program with an annual rate of 1.00 percent (from 1.84 percent).

Tesla China’s April 2025 Model 3 promotions

Credit: Tesla China

The company is also offering five-year, zero-interest financing for the Model 3 RWD and AWD Long Range, and you can see the terms for the zero- and low-interest Model 3 promotions and others below:

Tesla first launched the refreshed Model Y in China in January, debuting the refaced vehicle with a special “Launch Edition” series that came with special badging and an extra two years or 40,000km (~24,855 miles) of warranty time. Deliveries of the Launch Edition Model Y began in China late last month, and Tesla officially transitioned to selling non-Launch models in the first few days of March.

For the Chinese market and several others, Tesla produces the Model Y and Model 3 at a Gigafactory in Shanghai. In recent weeks, reports have suggested that Giga Shanghai may also be looking to produce an even cheaper version of the new Model Y without some of the extra add-ons, perhaps not unlike the cheaper Model 3 that launched in Mexico last August.

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Tesla has been hit with another round of arson-type vandalism in Rome, Italy, as 17 cars at a showroom in the city were destroyed in a blaze.

Italian anti-terror police unit Digos is investigating the fire that claimed 17 Tesla vehicles. The unit believes that a group of anarchists set fire to the cars last night in what is the most recent instance of violent vandalism against the company.

Tesla Italy said it is cooperating with police, according to a report from ABC News, which said in its report that 16 cars were counted as destroyed in the fire.

The Rome Fire Department said it was investigating “all avenues” of how the fire started. This is the second fire that has destroyed Tesla vehicles in Italy in a week, as a car dealership in Northern Rome also caught fire. That was initially cited as an electrical issue that started the blaze, but police are still investigating.

Terrorism also in Italy. Last night in Rome 17 cars were burned in a Tesla dealership. This is largest attack on Tesla in Europe. CC @ElonMusk @GiorgiaMeloni. pic.twitter.com/GFiVVnmYEs

— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) March 31, 2025

Unfortunately, this is far from the first instance of arson against Tesla in the world, especially in the last few months as CEO Elon Musk has become the target of attacks across the globe. Not only is the company being impacted, but owners are as well, as there have been many instances of targeted attacks against Tesla drivers.

In the United States, attacks are becoming more frequent and more violent. Everything from Molotov cocktails to bullets have been used to intimidate and damage Tesla’s company property.

Meanwhile, drivers are continuing to report that their vehicles have been keyed, had their tires slashed, or worse, as a result of driving the company’s products.

The most recent example saw a 61-year-old woman be blocked in and assaulted by a 33-year old:

🚨 We are seeing some reports that the driver who assaulted the 61-year-old lady is 33-year-old Robert Antherton.

He was reportedly arrested for disorderly conduct, assault, and aggressive driving https://t.co/kOy4uNgl8q

— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) March 31, 2025

The U.S. has established a Task Force within the FBI to fight Tesla-related attacks. Additionally, the Trump Administration has labeled these acts as domestic terrorism.