German automation talent powers Musk's battery move to Europe
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - To unclog bottlenecks last year at his Tesla Inc plant in California, Elon Musk flew in six planeloads of new robots and equipment from Germany to speed up battery production for its Model 3.Now the Tesla CEO is trying to tap that German automation ecosystem directly with Tuesday's announcement that the electric carmaker will build a European car and battery factory near Berlin.So far, Musk has failed in his plans to create a factory so highly automated that it allows..