#Germany to Take on #Tesla With #Gigafactory Rival
#Terra E Holding GmbH will choose one of five candidate sites in #Germany or a neighboring country next month to build its 34 gigawatt-hour battery factory, #Frankfurt-based Chief Executive Officer Holger Gritzka said in an interview. The former #ThyssenKrupp AG manager has helped to assemble a consortium of 17 #German companies and won government support for the project, which will break ground in the fourth quarter of 2019 and reach full capacity in 2028, he said.
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