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by the far-left “Volcano Group.” With the production stoppage now extended until the end of next week, Tesla could face a loss of more than $1 billion.The arsonists targeted an electricity transmission tower, causing a power cut at the factory and nearby towns. Tesla's plan to expand the factory, which would require clearing more forest area, has faced strong opposition from local environmentalists, about 100 of whom camped out in a nearby forest.
The group, which calls itself “Vulkangruppe Tesla Abschalten” , said in a statement posted to Kontrapolis.info that it aimed to cause “the largest possible blackout of the Gigafactory,” citing environmental and labor concerns as motivations behind the attack. After a far-left group set an electricity transmission tower near Tesla’s only German factory ablaze on Tuesday, the facility lost all power and was forced to halt production.
That pause was initially expected to last until next Monday, March 11. But now Tesla expects production to be suspended until the end of next week, Bild reports, due to issues repairing the sabotaged 30-meter tower. Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg’s senior director, Andre Thierig, said Tuesday that he expects the incident to cost a “high nine-figure amount.” But that was when production was planned to resume on...Tesla Founder Elon Musk directed criticism at a group who appeared to claim responsibility for a suspected arson attack Tuesday on Europe’s only Tesla factory in northeastern Germany.
“nknown perpetrators deliberately set fire to a high-voltage pylon between Steinfurt and Hartmannsdorf in the early morning of March 5th,” the State of Brandenburg’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. “The fire damaged the high-voltage power line so much that the power supply to the surrounding towns and the nearby TESLA factory failed.”
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