Tuesday, March 15, 2022

How Tesla Bought Russian Aluminum To Make Body Shells For Model Y

 Leaked documents obrained by CNBC news show Tesla Cars bought millions of euros worth of aluminum from Russian aluminium company Rusal, the second-largest aluminum supplier in the world .

Several current and former employees of Tesla provided CNBC with invoices of the purchases, though they wanted to remain anonymous, citing fear of retribution. They said the electric vehicle maker purchased millions of euros worth of Russian aluminum to make body shells for the production trials of the Model Y at its new manufacturing facility in Brandenburg, Germany. No details were provided in the documents that suggested Rusal aluminum was shipped to the US.

This confirms the Boggart Bloggrs were right once again when we said Russia would have no problem finding ways to circumvent western sanctions. All multi national corporations have well established networks of shell companies set up in tax havens, through which goods and money can be moved around while the point of origin and final destination remain obscured. 

Follow The Money - How Russia Will Overcome The West's Economic War

The USA and the rest of NATO have sanctioned Russian tycoon and Rusal founder Oleg Deripaska. The billionaire is reportedly a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has called for peace in Ukraine.  Deripaska also said recently, "the whole world will be different after these events, and Russia will be different."

Rusal is not Tesla's main aluminum supplier and the leaked invoices didn't provide information on how much aluminum Tesla obtained from Rusal. What the documents show however is that a German subsidiary of Tesla paid the Swiss subsidiary of Rusal through an Austrian bank for the metal. 

Tesla began sourcing aluminum from Rusal for casting car parts in December 2020 and continued purchases through February 2022. 

There's no word if Tesla has run into sourcing issues which caused it to turn to Rusal for aluminum but Elon Musk made it clear last weekend that "Tesla & SpaceX are seeing significant recent inflation pressure in raw materials & logistics."

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