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. The Tesla Tilburg assembly plant handled 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 with a total floor area of . 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 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 the 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 . As of the 2021 S/X refresh, Tesla is no longer using this facility for S/X assembly, but it may be repurposed. 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 had sold the nearly-completed building to Standard Life Aberdeen investment organisation. See also Tesla Fremont Factory Gigafactory Nevada Gigafactory New York Gigafactory Shanghai Gigafactory Texas Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg List of Tesla factories References External links Tesla factories Motor vehicle assembly plants in the Netherlands