A few months ago, the Biden administration announced a major electricity plan with significant subsidies for brands that will produce on American soil.

The decision apparently changed the cards for several manufacturers, including Tesla, which suspended its project to build a battery factory in Germany, near Berlin. study the case of these famous American subsidies.

Priority in the USA

However, Tesla seems to have made up his mind. Indeed, the Californian manufacturer has assured that it will continue its projects for the production of car batteries at its German plant near Berlin. On the other hand, Tesla wants “give priority” made in the usa through massive US subsidies for green industries.

This statement from the representative of the brand follows several reports that the American giant intends to abandon a whole part of the battery production process at its German Gigafactory in favor of its American factories.

“The plan does not change”a Tesla spokesman assured, even if the group wants to “prioritizing cell collection in favor of the United States”. “Tesla battery assembly will be concentrated in the United States due to the favorable conditions created by the American IRA law, which provides for tax benefits”– she specified.

Alarming protectionist measures

Remember that Washington passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last year. a major economic plan worth about 370 billion dollars, which provides for the distribution of subsidies to green industries. A condition to benefit from it? Made in the USA. This protectionist decision also quite worried the European Union, which is afraid of a mass transfer of industry to the United States.

Tesla’s battery factory in Germany, if it goes ahead, would put the brand at a disadvantage, which has until now planned to ship batteries made at its European plant to the United States. So Tesla wants to assemble more batteries than expected in the United States, even if this production will “mellow” through its website in Berlin. This priority granted to the United States would not apply to the production of certain items such as ” electrodes“, according to Tesla.

Joe Biden and Elon Musk recently moved closer to this famous green strategy of the US government. Tesla will open up part of its Supercharger network to other manufacturers increase the number of available charging stations in the United States.