GRUENHEIDE: Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the electrical automotive maker’s first European plant on Wednesday as manufacturing resumed on the manufacturing unit simply outdoors Berlin a few week after a suspected arson assault minimize its energy provide. Musk was anticipated at a “group huddle” with workers on the plant within the Gruenheide municipality, worker council chief Michaela Schmitz informed regional broadcaster RBB’s Inforadio channel. Reporters on the scene may see him arriving from a distance.
Manufacturing at Tesla’s plant in Gruenheide got here to a standstill on Tuesday final week. Tens of 1000’s of residents, close by hospitals, nursing properties and an enormous logistics centre for a German grocery chain have been additionally initially affected.
The electrical energy provide to the plant was restored on Monday night. Schmitz mentioned that, after machines have been checked and began up, “the early shift can start (work) once more this morning.” She added: “Persons are glad to have the ability to come again to work.”
Authorities within the state of Brandenburg, the place the plant is situated, have mentioned they believe that somebody intentionally set fireplace to a high-voltage transmission line on an electrical energy pylon.
A far-left organisation calling itself the Volcano Group mentioned it was behind the hearth, accusing Tesla of “excessive exploitation circumstances” and calling for the “full destruction of the gigafactory.” The German federal prosecutor’s workplace took over the investigation, citing an preliminary suspicion {that a} terrorist organisation might have been concerned within the assault.
Tesla opened the manufacturing unit in March 2022, launching a problem to German automakers on their residence turf.
The ability outage got here as environmental activists have been protesting in a forest close to the plant towards plans to develop the power.
The corporate now desires so as to add a freight depot, warehouses and a kindergarten. These plans would entail felling greater than 100 hectares (247 acres) of forest. That has drawn opposition from environmentalists and another native teams, who additionally fear about potential results on the realm’s water provide.
Manufacturing at Tesla’s plant in Gruenheide got here to a standstill on Tuesday final week. Tens of 1000’s of residents, close by hospitals, nursing properties and an enormous logistics centre for a German grocery chain have been additionally initially affected.
The electrical energy provide to the plant was restored on Monday night. Schmitz mentioned that, after machines have been checked and began up, “the early shift can start (work) once more this morning.” She added: “Persons are glad to have the ability to come again to work.”
Authorities within the state of Brandenburg, the place the plant is situated, have mentioned they believe that somebody intentionally set fireplace to a high-voltage transmission line on an electrical energy pylon.
A far-left organisation calling itself the Volcano Group mentioned it was behind the hearth, accusing Tesla of “excessive exploitation circumstances” and calling for the “full destruction of the gigafactory.” The German federal prosecutor’s workplace took over the investigation, citing an preliminary suspicion {that a} terrorist organisation might have been concerned within the assault.
Tesla opened the manufacturing unit in March 2022, launching a problem to German automakers on their residence turf.
The ability outage got here as environmental activists have been protesting in a forest close to the plant towards plans to develop the power.
The corporate now desires so as to add a freight depot, warehouses and a kindergarten. These plans would entail felling greater than 100 hectares (247 acres) of forest. That has drawn opposition from environmentalists and another native teams, who additionally fear about potential results on the realm’s water provide.
