Tesla facilities in Tilburg

Overview of the several factory buildings of Tesla in Vossenberg, Tilburg, Netherlands

Tesla facilities in Tilburg

Final assembly plant

Location| Tilburg, Netherlands
Coordinates|

* 51°36′22″N 5°00′11″E﻿ / ﻿51.606°N 5.003°E﻿ / 51.606; 5.003
* 51°36′22″N 4°59′35″E﻿ / ﻿51.606°N 4.993°E﻿ / 51.606; 4.993
* 51°36′04″N 5°01′01″E﻿ / ﻿51.601°N 5.017°E﻿ / 51.601; 5.017

Buildings| 3
Owner(s)| Tesla, Inc.

Tesla, Inc. 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.[1] The Tesla Tilburg assembly plant handled final assembly of Tesla Model S/X electric vehicles for delivery within Europe.[2]

## Buildings

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As of late 2018[update], Tesla has three factory buildings in the Vossenberg industrial area of Tilburg, 15 kilometres (10 mi) north of the Belgium–Netherlands border with a total floor area of 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft).[3] The factory buildings are close to the Wilhelmina Canal, allowing for water-based delivery of intermodal containers arriving via the Port of Rotterdam.

### European distribution centre

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The first 18,900-square-metre (200,000 sq ft) Tesla facility started final assembly of Tesla Model S cars on 22 August 2013.[4][5] It was Tesla's first factory outside California.[6]

### Final assembly plant

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By late 2015, the assembly plant was in the process of doubling capacity from 200 cars per week, to 450 cars per week.[6] The factory used for final assembly has a 3.4-megawatt rooftop photovoltaic power station.[2] Vehicles arrived from the Tesla Fremont Factory in California as "gliders" with the interior fully fitted out. The battery pack and electric drivetrain components were shipped separately and installed into the unpowered vehicles in Tilburg.[6] The factory building contains a 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) indoor test track with the back straight allowing speeds of 110 kilometres per hour (70 mph).[6]

As of the 2021 S/X refresh, Tesla is no longer using this facility for S/X assembly.[7]

### Parts Distribution Centre & Warehouse

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In mid-2018, Tesla took control of a third building with an area of 36,000 square metres (390,000 sq ft), approximately 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the headquarters building.[8] Now called the Tesla Global Parts Distribution Centre & Warehouse, the building had been certified by BREEAM as having a "very good" sustainability rating.[citation needed]

In October 2017, the original developers Ontwikkelingscombinatie Scheg had sold the nearly-completed building to Standard Life Aberdeen investment organisation.[9]

## See also

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* List of Tesla factories

## References

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1. ^ Davies, Alex (14 December 2012). "Tesla Is Moving Into Europe". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. "new European Distribution Center"
2. ^ a b Alvarez, Simon (16 January 2018). "Tesla's Tilburg assembly plant has an expansive rooftop solar installation". Teslarati. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
3. ^ "Tesla Inc. 2018 Annual report (10-K)". Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
4. ^ Isidore, Chris (10 September 2013). "Tesla kicks off European expansion". CNN. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018. "factory in Tilburg, the Netherlands started production on Aug. 22"
5. ^ Ayre, James (1 September 2013). "Tesla Hits Europe — New Assembly Plant In Holland, The Netherlands". Clean Technia. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2018. "18,900 m2 assembly plant will now receive nearly complete Model S units shipped over from the US for final assembly"
6. ^ a b c d McNamara, Phil (25 September 2015). "Tesla's Dutch factory to double production for Model S and Model X crossover". Car. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
7. ^ Lambert, Fred (18 March 2021). "Tesla to shut down final assembly plant in Tilburg following Model S/X refresh". Electrek. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
8. ^ Alvarez, Simon (23 September 2018). "Tesla's new Tilburg site hints at new storage and parts center ahead of Model 3 EU push". Teslarati. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018. "(36,000 square meters) and is located at Vossenbergseweg, close to Tesla's assembly plant and delivery center."
9. ^ "Standard Life invests in 35,000 sqm distribution centre in Tilburg". Industrial Real Estate Partners. 9 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

## External links

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* Härter, Jakob; Ralf; Christoph (31 October 2017). "Roadtrip zur Tesla-Factory Tilburg" [Roadtrip to Tesla Factory in Tilburg] (album of CC-BY-SA images) (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 August 2025 - via Flickr.
* Conferm (4 June 2018). Distribution Centre Miles Tilburg (flythrough video of third building). Retrieved 9 August 2025 - via YouTube.

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