Tesla Model Y Juniper ramps production

Tesla is increasing Model Y production at Gigafactory Berlin and hiring about 1,000 workers as the refreshed SUV rolls out across Europe. (reuters.com) Reuters reported on April 23 that Tesla plans to lift weekly output at the Grünheide plant by about 20% from the third quarter. The hiring push is scheduled to be completed by the end of June. (reuters.com) Plant manager André Thierig said the factory built more than 61,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2026, a record for the site. That works out to roughly 4,700 vehicles a week before the next increase begins in July. (notateslaapp.com) The Berlin factory makes the Model Y, Tesla’s highest-volume vehicle in Europe. Tesla’s first-quarter shareholder deck said demand rebounded in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, even as global deliveries missed Wall Street expectations. (tesla.com 1) (tesla.com 2) Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles worldwide in the first quarter and produced 408,386. Of those, 341,893 deliveries and 394,611 production units were Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. (tesla.com) The Juniper update is a refresh, not a clean-sheet redesign. Tesla has been widening availability market by market, including an Estonia launch event in Tallinn on April 24 that promoted Model Y ordering and test drives. (tesla.com) Spanish auto outlet Autopista listed the rear-wheel-drive Model Y at €39,990 in a recent comparison, underscoring Tesla’s effort to keep the refreshed version in the middle of Europe’s mass-market electric SUV fight. (autopista.es) That puts Berlin’s ramp in commercial terms: more cars, more workers and faster regional supply for Tesla’s core crossover, rather than a dramatic product reset. (reuters.com) (tesla.com)