Tesla Planned to Open Its First European Gigafactory Last Summer. It’s Still Waiting.

BERLIN—When Rocco Pigola, a 59-year-old refinery worker from Bavaria who has owned six Tesla vehicles, heard about the electric-car maker’s new plant near Berlin, he jumped at the opportunity to order a Model Y Performance.

“I want to be the first person to drive a Tesla ‘Made in Germany,’” he said.