Climate protesters angry about Tesla’s plans to expand its Berlin-Brandenburg Gigafactory in Germany tried to break into the plant on Friday, according to a statement from local police.
Brandenburg police, who were assisted by state police units from across Germany, said 1,500 officers were on hand Saturday to deal with more than 1,000 protesters outside the factory.
Tesla will pause production at its German plant, the first to operate in Europe. The break will last for five days and is aimed at providing the necessary time for manufacturing process improvements.
About eight hundred people protested Friday against Tesla’s enlargement plans in Grünheide, Germany. The protest was organized by Disrupt Tesla, an anti-capitalist group that objects to all individual ...
The controversial expansion of Tesla’s only European Gigafactory was approved on Thursday, as the local council in the German municipality of Grünheide voted in favor of the carmaker’s plans ...
Tesla thanked Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz Economy Minister Robert Habeck. Scholz had supported the plans to expand Tesla production, while Habeck criticized the protest against the car industry.
Further protest action against the Tesla's expansion of its giant electric car factory near Berlin is possible in the coming days despite the end of recent demonstrations, several activist groups ...
Climate protesters angry about Tesla’s plans to expand its Berlin-Brandenburg Gigafactory in Germany tried to break into the plant on Friday, according to a statement from local police.
Protesters tried to get onto the Tesla grounds at its Berlin-Brandenburg factory but were blocked from doing so by police, a Brandenburg police spokesperson told CNBC. "The situation is dynamic ...