On March 5, the Gigafactory of American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc. in southeast Berlin, Germany, had to shut down until next week due to a power outage caused by a transmission tower**.
According to Reuters, the outage is expected to cost Tesla hundreds of millions of euros. Hours after the fire, the local ultra-left radical group "Vulkangruppe" claimed responsibility for the incident.
Subsequently, Tesla issued a statement saying that the cause of the power outage was an arson attack by climate activists. "In the early hours of the morning, there was a power outage on the public grid due to a suspected arson attack, which led to the halt of production. ”
In response to the attack, Musk angrily denounced the stupidity of the arsonists for trying to stop Tesla from producing EVs by setting fire to the German "extrem dumm" directly on the social platform X.
These people are either the stupidest eco-*** on the planet or the puppets of those who don't have good environmental goals. It would be extremely stupid to stop producing electric cars instead of fossil fuel vehicles. ”
1.The impact is bad.
The attack is the latest setback for Tesla, which has recently had a bumpy road in Europe, facing pressure from Nordic trade unions to reach a collective bargaining agreement and the disruption caused by the Red Sea shipping attack.
According to Deutsche Welle, the fire brigade received ** at around 5:15 a.m. on March 5 and began extinguishing a fire on a transmission tower near Tesla's Gigafactory. After the alarm sounded, a police *** was deployed. At the same time, the bomb disposal team was called in after the emergency services spotted a sign that read "Ammunition is buried here".
Currently, emergency services have extinguished the fire, and most of the power has been restored to the surrounding communities.
Fortunately, the fire did not cause damage to the employees of Tesla's Gigafactory**.
Tesla's factory, which has about 12,500 employees, has been evacuated and most employees have been sent home.
Tesla's German factory.
The head of the plant, Andre Tirigue, told reporters that Tesla has taken all measures to ensure the safety of its production facilities. "We are very concerned about the safety of our employees and the power outage does not pose any danger to people or the environment. The plant has successfully and safely carried out an emergency shutdown, including pouring the molten aluminum out of the smelter before it solidifies. ”
However, the incident has affected Tesla's production capacity.
Tesla said it doesn't expect production to resume anytime soon after consulting with German power provider Edis. It is reported that 1,000 cars were left unfinished on Tuesday alone.
One company** was noncommittal about whether it would affect plans to double the plant's capacity, but condemned what he saw as negative sentiment.
Moreover, the incident has raised concerns about the safety of the people and the security of energy infrastructure in Germany.
Berlin operator Stromnetz said there were also power outages in parts of Berlin's Müggelheim, Rahnsdorf and Neuk LLN, affecting around 2,000 households.
Jörg Stein, the economy minister of the German state of Brandenburg, where Tesla's factory is located, condemned the suspected attack, which hit tens of thousands of people, as having a "** mark".
"This includes hospitals, homes for the elderly, and people in these places may also rely on oxygen** or similar electricity**," he said at a briefing outside the factory.
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck also responded to the incident: "An attack on electricity** is an attack on our critical infrastructure. The incident must now be promptly investigated and punished. Violence and destruction must not be used as instruments of conflict. ”
Home Secretary Nancy Feather said: "If left-wing extremist motives are confirmed, then this is further proof that left-wing extremist actors do not shy away from attacks on critical energy infrastructure. The consequences could affect thousands of people who were not involved at all, as they are today. This shows a tremendous amount of criminal energy. ”
2.Who did this to you.
We sabotaged Tesla today. Because the Tesla in Grünau devours the earth, resources, population, labor, and produces 6,000 SUVs, killing machines, and giant trucks every week. Our gift for March 8th is to shut down Tesla. ”
Hours after the fire was discovered, a self-proclaimed "vulkangruppe" and linked to the anti-fascist movement published an open letter on **kontrapolis, widely used by left-wing activists, in which it carried out a 2,500-word attack on Tesla and its billionaire CEO Elon Musk.
The Vulkan Group (listed as a left-wing extremist group in Germany) wants the environmental footprint of the American automaker, co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, and also highlighted their concerns about the plant's impact on the environment and local water sources.
"This plant has polluted groundwater and consumed a large amount of already scarce drinking water resources for its products," the group wrote in the letter. Tesla is a symbol of 'green capitalism'. ”
At the same time, the letter also accused Musk of "militarizing roads" with cars and called for the destruction of the gigafactory.
This is not the first time Vulkangruppe has reached out to Tesla.
We are shocked by what happened today. This was the second direct attack on the plant's power supply, and a third attack on the nearby railway. We are very worried". This was stated by the head of the plant, Andrei Tirigue.
It is understood that Vulkangruppe was also behind the 2021 attack**, which caused a power outage at a Tesla factory construction site. In the same year, Brandenburg Security** claimed that the group had carried out a number of arson attacks in the Greater Berlin area.
3.The local people have been complaining for a long time.
In Germany, the region has been a focus for the environment since the Tesla factory opened two years ago, as Europe's first Tesla Gigafactory is partly located in a drinking water zone. Fearing contamination of drinking water and potential environmental damage, local civic groups have been holding regular events against Tesla.
According to Deutsche Welle, Tesla plans to double the gigafactory's capacity in the near future. The plant currently has an annual capacity of about 500,000 vehicles, and when doubled, the gigafactory will have an annual capacity of 100 GWh of batteries and 1 million vehicles, giving it a dominant position in the European market.
To do this, Tesla needed to expand its facilities, adding a cargo terminal, warehouse, etc. Tesla wants to expand its 300-hectare factory by another 170 hectares, however this will involve cutting down more than 100 hectares of forest.
This has once again drawn opposition from environmentalists and some other local groups, who fear that this could affect the region's water supply.
In a vote in mid-February, residents of the Glenheide community surrounding the plant voted 3,499 against 1,882 in favor of Deforestation by Tesla to expand the plant.
The vote is non-binding, but local** said they will revisit the results of the vote and try to find an acceptable solution. The next Board meeting is scheduled for 14 March.
However, environmentalists say they are concerned that state and local** will override the will of citizens, as they worked to attract Tesla to the site in 2022 and celebrate the economic benefits it brings to the region.
According to CBS, one of the three largest national commercial broadcasters in the United States, about 80 to 100 environmental activists have occupied the woods camping near Tesla's factory since Feb. 29.
* Stating that "the distance between the camp and the current crime scene is more than 4 kilometers".
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