Tesla hopes to start production at Berlin factor in October

Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk says he hopes to start producing cars at its new factory outside Berlin in October

BERLIN -- Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk said Friday that he hopes to start producing cars at its new factory outside Berlin in October. The U.S. company had originally planned to begin manufacturing its electric cars at the Gigafactory in Gruenheide, east of the German capital, in July. But legal challenges and problems getting official permits have delayed the project. "We’re looking forward to hopefully getting the approval to make the first cars, maybe in October if we’re fortunate,” Musk said during a visit to the site Friday.