Tesla's gigafactory in Berlin, the company's only production facility in Europe, remains offline after a suspected arson attack several days ago, and may remain so for another week.
Elon Musk visits Tesla's factory near Berlin as production resumes after a suspected arson attack
E.DIS, the German power company whose equipment was damaged in the alleged arson attack by left-wing activists intent on disrupting the expansion of Tesla's operations in the town of Grünheide, said yesterday that police had finally cleared the area and allowed repair work to begin.
"The E.DIS rescue service is working with the highest priority … on a temporary technical solution to resupply the previously unsegregated industrial settlement and production as well as the logistics center as quickly as possible," the company said in a German-language statement automatically translated by the register.
News reports say more than 60,000 residents in communities across Brandenburg and parts of Berlin lost power due to the fire, which the far-left eco-extremist Volcano Group has claimed responsibility for. E.DIS said yesterday that "all affected communities have now been able to be supplied again", but not "a large industrial settlement and production facility and a logistics centre", likely referring at least in part to Tesla's gigafactory.
