Tesla facilities in Tilburg


has several factory buildings in the industrial zone of Vossenberg, Tilburg, in the Netherlands. In December 2012, a European Distribution Centre in Tilburg was announced, acting as the European parts and services headquarters. The Tesla Tilburg assembly plant handles final assembly of Tesla Model S/X electric vehicles for delivery within Europe.

Buildings

, Tesla had three factory buildings in the Vossenberg industrial area of Tilburg, north of the Belgium–Netherlands border. The factory buildings are close to the Wilhelminakanaal allowing for water-based delivery of intermodal containers arriving via the Port of Rotterdam.

European distribution centre

The first Tesla facility started production of completed Tesla Model S cars on 22 August 2013. It was Tesla's first factory outside California.

Final assembly plant

By late 2015, the assembly plant was in the process of doubling capacity from 200 cars per week, to 450 cars per week. The factory used for final assembly has a 3.4-megawatt rooftop photovoltaic power station. Vehicles arrive from Tesla Factory in Fremont California with the interior fully fitted out to the customer's requested color combination. The battery pack and electric drive-train components are shipped separately. The factory building contains a indoor test track with the back straight allowing speeds of.

Third building

In mid-2018, Tesla took control of a third building with an area of, approximately east of the headquarters building. The building had been certified by BREEAM as having a "very good" sustainability rating. Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reported that it was likely to be used by Tesla for electric vehicle parts distribution.
In October 2017, the original developers Ontwikkelingscombinatie Scheg had sold the nearly-completed building to Standard Life Aberdeen investment organisation.