On March 5, environmental activists were suspected of arson and attacked Tesla's German factory, causing a power outage and forcing production to stop. Foreign media said that the ** bomb disposal team has arrived at the scene. In addition to Tesla's Glen Hyde plant, a number of other nearby areas were also without power at the same time. Later that day, CNMO noted that Musk was extremely stupid to stop producing electric vehicles instead of fossil fuel vehicles in response to the Tesla factory fire in Germany.
It is understood that the Greenheide factory in Germany is Tesla's second overseas gigafactory after the Shanghai Gigafactory, and it is also Tesla's first manufacturing base in Europe. Currently, the plant has an annual production capacity of about 500,000 units. The impact of the shutdown of the plant on Tesla can also be seen. As of press time, Tesla fell more than 716%。
In fact, this is not the first time that Tesla's German factory has caught fire. In the early morning of September 26, 2022, a fire broke out at Tesla's Gigafactory in Greenhead, Germany. According to the report, in the early hours of the morning, the fire broke out at an outdoor ** point in the northeast of the plant, and about 800 cubic meters of cardboard, paper and wood chips caught fire. The fire lasted for 5 hours, but fortunately there were no personnel**. At that time, the fire incident caused a strong ** from environmental groups, who called for an immediate shutdown of the Berlin plant to prevent further contamination of underground water sources by pollutants. However, Tesla's German factory did not take this advice and continued to maintain production. Surprisingly, the fire incident did not have a noticeable impact on Tesla's stock price.
In addition, on February 20, the mayor of Grünheide, in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, said that Tesla's expansion plan in the local area was opposed by the majority of residents. A referendum conducted by the local ** showed that 3,499 residents living near the factory opposed the expansion plan, and only 1,882 voted in favor.