According to German news reports, Tesla Motors' German Gigafactory was forced to shut down due to a power outage due to an alleged arson fire by environmental activists, which ignited a nearby substation, causing a regional power outage. The report pointed out that the German bomb disposal team has arrived at the scene, including the factory and the nearby area all power outages, and the recovery time is uncertain for the time being.
Germany** said it had received an earlier alert that a tower was burning near Tesla's Gigafactory, causing power outages in surrounding areas, especially in the Freienbrink area, southeast of Berlin.
Currently, Tesla's Gigafactory in Germany has an annual production capacity of about 500,000 electric vehicles. Tesla, on the other hand, has been hoping to expand its Gigafactory in Germany to produce 100 gigawatt-hours of batteries and 1 million electric vehicles per year in the future, leading the European electric vehicle market with stable production capacity and components. But Tesla's hopes have been stymiously blocked. According to the mayor of the city of Gruenheide, the city's citizens are opposed to Tesla's expansion of production capacity, and some have engaged in destructive activities.
At present, Germany has Volkswagen Group, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Rolls-Royce and other traditional automobile companies and brands. As an electric vehicle, if Tesla continues to increase the production capacity of the gigafactory, it will inevitably affect the sales of a large number of traditional car companies. Therefore, it is also a matter of time before there are many obstacles, and if you don't do it well, it may lead to a reduction in production capacity.
The phasing out of fuel vehicles by electric vehicles is a historical process, and this process is very difficult. Throughout history, every process of social reform has been fraught with difficulties, because the chain of interests involved is very large. However, every historical process is finally completed, and scientific and technological reform will promote scientific and technological progress, which is unchanged, and I hope that scientific and technological progress will come sooner.