AI illustration: Tesla names its Europe Gigafactory site by end of 2019
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Elon Musk promised Tesla announces its European Gigafactory location before the end of 2019 by the end of 2019. It happened on time.

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“In fact, we will announce the location of that Gigafactory before the end of this year.”
— Elon Musk · Oct 23, 2019 · Tesla Q3 2019 earnings call, 2019-10-23 (transcript) ↗
What actually happened

Musk said Tesla would announce its European Gigafactory location before end of 2019. On November 12 2019 he announced it would be built near Berlin. TechCrunch Nov 12 2019 — Musk picks Berlin ↗

The Progression

Oct 23, 2019
The promise: “In fact, we will announce the location of that Gigafactory before the end of this year.” · Tesla Q3 2019 earnings call, 2019-10-23 (transcript) ↗
Nov 12, 2019
Delivered — on time. Musk said Tesla would announce its European Gigafactory location before end of 2019. On November 12 2019 he announced it would be built near Berlin. TechCrunch Nov 12 2019 — Musk picks Berlin ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Delivered · on time. It happened.

On Tesla's October 2019 earnings call Elon Musk said Tesla would announce the location of its European Gigafactory before the end of the year. Three weeks later he named Berlin.

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