wilderinocasino| Tesla Berlin plant expansion plan is approved by local council, but protests continue
editor 2024-05-17 13:55:55 Nature 39
IT Home May 17 Newswilderinocasino, Reuters newswilderinocasinoTesla's superfactory expansion plan in Berlin, Germany, has been approved by the local council. Despite protests from community members at the meeting, officials chose to approve the plan.
Tesla had previously submitted plans to the Glenhead City Government to expand the factory, planning to double the factory's production capacity to produce 100 gigawatt hour (gigawatt hour) of batteries and 1 million vehicles per year. This dominates the European electric vehicle market.
The factory is located in a drinking water reserve. Environmentalists and local residents believed that expanding the factory would pollute water sources, so demonstrations were held. Demonstrators held posters reading "Turn off Tesla's faucets" and demanded that the government not approve the expansion plan.
Protesters opposed to the expansion clashed with police. A few days ago, more than 1000 environmentalists participated in a protest march, which also involved clashes and arrests.
According to IT Home, in March, an extreme environmental group calling itself the "Volcano Group" set fire to a high-voltage electric tower near Tesla's German factory, causing damage to some factory facilities and causing the factory to suspend production. The fire also affected surrounding areas, leaving more than 60,000 residents without power.
Tesla had to revise its expansion plan after Glenhead citizens voted against it in February-it now plans to cut down 47 hectares of forest, half the area originally planned.
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