Tesla’s German Factory Faces New Snag After Court Halts Logging
- Court orders temporary halt over species protection demands
- Tesla seeks July 2021 start of German electric car production
The Tesla Inc. factory site near Berlin.
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Tesla Inc. was ordered by a local court to halt tree clearance for its new factory near Berlin following complaints from two environmental groups, potentially disrupting progress in completing the company’s first European gigafactory.
In a temporary injunction, the court in Frankfurt-Oder on Dec. 7 ordered a stop to logging on a 205 acre pine forest section of the site after a lawsuit brought by the Nabu and Gruena Liga ecology groups. The lobbies claim that Tesla’s efforts to save protected lizard and snake species before logging were inadequate.