Tesla plans to hire another 1,000 workers at its Gigafactory outside Berlin, the automaker confirmed Thursday, as it moves to ramp production at its only European plant.

 

The hiring push comes as Tesla targets 7,500 vehicles per week at the Grünheide factory starting in October — a sharp acceleration after more than a year of falling sales in Europe.

 

The new 1,000 hires come on top of 1,000 additional staff Tesla announced in April, which the company said it would bring on by the end of June to lift output by roughly a fifth, to around 6,000 vehicles per week.