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tesla's berlin factory expansion has made new progress, workers cut down 3,000 trees late at night under police protection

2024-09-26

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it home reported on september 25 that tesla's berlin factory is undergoing expansion, but the plan faces strong opposition from environmental organizations. local residents and environmentalists are worried that the expansion will damage the local forest ecology and have a negative impact on the environment.

earlier this year, residents of grünheide, the city where tesla's berlin factory is located, voted against the factory's expansion plan. the plan would require cutting down more than 100 hectares of forest to make room for the factory expansion. although local officials had approved the plan,but members of the environmental group "stop tesla" are still staying in the forest to prevent the logging work from taking place.they adopted the strategy of "tree huggers," preventing logging by occupying trees.

previously, tesla's berlin factory was forced to suspend production due to an attack. the attackers destroyed the factory's power grid facilities, causing the factory to stop working. in addition to the protests of environmental organizations, the factory also faced another problem: a bomb from world war ii was found at the construction site and needed to be dismantled.

according to german media rbb24, tesla has recently made some successful progress. in order to build a railway to the factory, they need to cut down some trees.tesla cut down about 3,000 trees under police protection in the early hours of tuesday local time.

environmental group stop tesla said the logging work began around 2 a.m. railway company employees and police appeared in the forest, began to fence off the logging area, and used heavy machinery to cut down trees. the group believes that tesla's choice to carry out logging work late at night is a "provocation" because the presence of the police and the noise of heavy machinery are frightening.

however, deutsche bahn denied the accusation, saying they had to start work late at night to be ready for workers arriving the next day.

according to it home, tesla is seeking to expand the production scale of the berlin factory to support the production of future models at the factory. tesla ceo elon musk recently said that the company may produce tesla semi electric trucks at the berlin factory to meet the needs of the european market.