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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.2 - Manufacture Of Batteries And Accumulators
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 February 2024
Employment effect (start)
19 February 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
Tesla, a Czech company, manufacturer and supplier of special radio communication and security electrical engineering for military and commercial use, is to open a new plant in Braila (Braila County). The company will create 200 new jobs, with the prospect of tripled in the next years. The Tesla group entered in Romania in 2022 by creating the local company Tesla Energy Storage.
At the Braila plant, Tesla will produce electric energy storage batteries, systems for residential, commercial and industrial areas, including batteries for electric cars.
The investment in the manufacturing facility exceeds €91 million. In 2022, the company received a state aid of €40.8 million. The construction of the plant started in 2023 and the company is in the process of selecting the general director.
Eurofound (2024), Tesla Energy Storage, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 200822, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200822.
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