Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany is achieving record levels in quality, cost efficiency and production volume as the carmaker steps up output of its best-selling Model Y, the company’s finance chief said. “Was able to visit Giga Berlin last month, and witness what the plant can do now that it is really stretching its legs,” the Finance chief wrote. According to Palani, the plant has repeatedly retooled operations, shifting from a structural battery pack Model Y to a legacy version, and more recently to the new Model Y lineup. “The factory was originally configured to build the structural pack Model Y, reoriented itself towards the (now) legacy design, and then once again to the New Model Y, including the Performance variant,” he wrote. The Grünheide facility, Tesla’s only European car factory, passed the milestone of 500,000 Model Y vehicles produced in March, roughly three years after the first SUV rolled off the line.