Germany: Police investigate ‘attack’ after Tesla production halt
March 5, 2024
The Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide, near Berlin, was evacuated on Tuesday after a major power outage.
Police said they were investigating an initial suspicion of arson after an electricity pole caught fire, according to reports from German news agency DPA.
What we know so far
Brandenburg state Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) spoke of a “perfidious attack” on electrical infrastructure.
Unknown people set fire to the high-voltage pylon between Steinfurt and Hartmannsdorf on Tuesday morning, the ministry said.
Environmental activists who protested the factory expansion last week said they planned to occupy the nearby forest for a week. The facility is the only factory run by billionaire Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company in Europe.
Operator Stromnetz Berlin said there were also outages in the Berlin districts of Müggelheim, Rahnsdorf and parts of Neukölln. Around 2,000 families are affected.
Source: DW
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