Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin Attacked After Saboteurs Set Electricity Cables on Fire
3 years, 6 months ago

Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin Attacked After Saboteurs Set Electricity Cables on Fire

News 18  

The Elon Musk-owned EV maker Tesla’s Gigafactory at Berlin has been reportedly attacked by saboteurs who set cables supplying electricity to the construction site on fire. The police confirmed that a fire occurred on ground electric cables that supply power to the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin construction site. “On the night of May 25 to 26, 2021, we cut the power supply to the construction site of the Tesla Giga factory in GrAnheide near Berlin by setting fire to six high-voltage cables laid above ground to have,"the letter reads. However, the energy supplier who owns the power cables confirmed that the attack failed to affect Tesla’s construction site.

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Elon Musk's nightmare continues as almost 800 protesters rally against Tesla Gigafactory expansion in Germany
7 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk's nightmare continues as almost 800 protesters rally against Tesla Gigafactory expansion in Germany

Hindustan Times  

The Protesters of around 800 camped outside Tesla’s Gigafactory plant in Grueneheide, Germany Friday, which seeks to halt the expansion project and the abhorring environmental impact thereof. A police officer uses pepper spray as they try to block activists running in the direction of Tesla Gigafactory during a protest against its expansion, in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, May 10, 2024. …

Elon Musk visits a Tesla plant near Berlin as production resumes after a suspected arson attack
9 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk visits a Tesla plant near Berlin as production resumes after a suspected arson attack

Associated Press  

GRUENHEIDE, Germany — Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the electric car maker’s first European plant on Wednesday as production resumed at the factory just outside Berlin, about a week after a suspected arson attack cut its power supply. Musk was expected at a “team huddle” with employees at the plant in the Gruenheide municipality, employee council chief Michaela Schmitz told …

Power restored to Tesla factory outside Berlin a week after a suspected arson attack
9 months, 1 week ago

Power restored to Tesla factory outside Berlin a week after a suspected arson attack

The Independent  

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Germany’s top prosecutor takes over Tesla fire investigation, suspecting terrorism
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany’s top prosecutor takes over Tesla fire investigation, suspecting terrorism

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into an alleged arson attack on the power supply of the electric car company Tesla near Berlin. On Tuesday, production at Tesla’s electric vehicle plant in Gruenheide came to a standstill and workers were evacuated after a power outage that officials suspected was caused by arson. A far-left organization called …

Suspected arson latest challenge for Tesla in Europe
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Suspected arson latest challenge for Tesla in Europe

China Daily  

Police work next to a damaged pylon after Tesla Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin halted production and was left without power after suspected arson set an electricity pylon ablaze, near Steinfurt, Germany, March 5, 2024. Environmentalists opposed to the expansion of Tesla's massive Gruenheide car plant, near Berlin, Germany are thought to have been behind suspected sabotage on Tuesday that …

Tesla Facing 6-Month Delay in Opening of Gigafactory in Berlin: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Tesla Facing 6-Month Delay in Opening of Gigafactory in Berlin: Report

News 18  

Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla is reportedly facing a delay of 6-month in opening Gigafactory in Berlin, the media reported. Electrek, citing Automobilwoche, an auto industry paper, states that Tesla’s timeline for Gigafactory Berlin has slipped to January 2022. “The start of series production in Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Grunheide near Berlin has been delayed by six months until …

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