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		</div><p>Electric car manufacturer Tesla is opening its first European factory on the outskirts of Berlin in an effort to challenge German automakers on their home turf.</p>
<p>The company said its new “Gigafactory” will employ 12,000 people and produce 500,000 vehicles a year.</p>
<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and economy minister Robert Habeck attended the opening ceremony in Gruenheide, south-east of the German capital, with Tesla boss Elon Musk.</p>
<p>Mr Habeck said the opening of the factory was “a nice symbol” that petrol-powered cars can be replaced with electric vehicles at a time when Germany and other nations are trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and wean themselves off Russian oil.</p>
<p>Tesla began building the vast facility less than three years ago, before it received official permits to do so.</p>
<p>Had those permits not been issued, the company would have had to level the site.</p>
<p>“That’s a different company risk culture,” Mr Habeck said, after being asked to compare Tesla’s approach with the slow pace of German construction projects – such as Berlin’s nearby new airport, which opened after a nine-year delay.</p>
<p>Environmental campaigners have warned that the factory could affect drinking water supplies in the region.</p>
<p>Tesla has dismissed those warnings.</p>
<p>The company refused most media access to the site and the ceremony on Tuesday.</p>
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