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Elon Musk: Brexit uncertainty made it ‘too risky’ to put Tesla plant in UK

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Elon Musk chose Germany ahead of the U.K. for his first European Tesla factory because Brexit made it "too risky."

The billionaire announced Tuesday that he was opening a Tesla research and development base in Berlin, saying at an awards ceremony: "Everyone knows that German engineering is outstanding and that's part of the reason we are locating our gigafactory Europe in Germany."

After the announcement, Musk told Auto Express that “Brexit [uncertainty] made it too risky to put a gigafactory in the UK.”

In 2014, Musk told the same trade publication that he wanted to build a plant in the U.K. and in November 2016 said Brexit was not likely to have "a significant impact" on Tesla's plans.


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