Tesla is looking for a subsidy manager in Germany

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Anyone looking for a new job in Berlin and the surrounding area almost inevitably ends up on the Tesla website: More than 300 job postings are currently listed there because the electric car manufacturer Elon Musk is currently building its first European factory in Grünheide, Brandenburg.

Almost every profession is sought here: from the production employee who is later to screw the cars together, to the foreman for the further construction of the plant, to the employee in accounting.

But one job advertisement stands out from the mass of offers.

Tesla has not yet built a single car in Germany, but is already looking for an employee who should ensure that no subsidies are missed in this country.

We are looking for a "Technical Funding Manager (m / f / d)".

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The company is fueling an accusation that Tesla has been making regularly since it was founded: The electric car maker earns its money primarily thanks to government subsidies.

In any case, the task that the sought-after employee is supposed to fulfill is clear: "Responsible for the results, securing and optimizing the third-party and funding potential", it says in the tender.

And the future employee should also lead other colleagues in a team, i.e. not just take care of the subsidy pots.

The funding manager should not only advise the company "on the relevant German funding programs and European research funding initiatives", but it also becomes clear how to get state support: "Ensuring a trusting and productive relationship with the public authorities and other national authorities and international stakeholders through regular communication and maintaining contacts ”is also one of the tasks that applicants must trust themselves.

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In fact, Tesla is also massively subsidized in Germany.

The level of subsidies has so far remained vague.

For the planned factory in Grünheide, in addition to location funding from the state of Brandenburg amounting to millions, there will also be support from the European battery cell funding program.

In government circles it is said that Tesla, like other companies, can count on 25 to 40 percent of the investment amount as funding.

At around four billion euros in costs for the battery and car factory in Grünheide, that would be a subsidy of more than one billion euros.

In addition, there is further government support, which is also due to other manufacturers of electric cars.

For example, Germany is promoting the purchase of e-cars with an environmental bonus of up to 9,000 euros, of which the state pays up to 6,000 euros.

Another source of revenue for Tesla are so-called credits for emission-free vehicles.

Tesla sells the emission rights to Fiat Chrysler

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Since the electric cars are treated as if they did not emit any CO2, Tesla receives state bonus points that the company can sell to other manufacturers who can use them to downgrade the emissions of their vehicle fleets.

Tesla has signed an agreement with Fiat Chrysler for this and is to receive $ 1.8 billion by 2022.

Although these are not direct government subsidies, only government regulation ensures that Tesla can sell these emission rights.

Not only Tesla has employees who are supposed to optimize government subsidies.

Other large corporations also ensure that no subsidy opportunities are left unused.

What is unusual, however, is that Tesla is already looking for a funding manager, even though not a single car has rolled off the assembly line in Germany.

If you want to apply for the job in Grünheide, you need to have a university degree and numerous other skills as well as plenty of experience in the subsidy business.

Those who apply successfully can work “in our ultra-modern Gigafactory, where you solve the most interesting problems in the world with the best and smartest people who share the passion to change the world,” Tesla praises itself.

There is also a “competitive salary and Tesla shares or bonuses”.

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