A suspected arson attack on a nearby electricity substation halted production at Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory in Gruenheide on the outskirts of Berlin. Elon Musk, the company’s CEO, said the attack was “extremely dumb.”
The Berlin Gigafactory and surrounding area suffered power outages, media reported. The plant will be closed until further notice, costing the company millions of dollars and leaving more than a thousand cars unfinished on the production line.
German media reported that local environmentalists were responsible, which the police neither confirmed nor denied. Since last week, activists have occupied a section of forest that Tesla intends to clear to make room for an expansion of the plant.
A 2,500-word online letter purportedly from the an activist group called the Volcano Group claimed responsibility. “Tesla consumes earth, resources, people, workers, and in return spits out 6,000 SUVs, killer cars and monster trucks each week,” the letter said.
“These are either the dumbest eco-terrorists on Earth or they’re puppets of those who don’t have good environmental goals,” Musk said on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter). “Stopping production of electric vehicles, rather than fossil fuel vehicles, ist extrem dumm.”
Tesla Berlin has capacity to produce 500,000 cars per year and the expansion could allow the company to double production. The plant’s 12,500 employees were sent home and the company’s stock fell 3%.
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