Elon Musk earlier in the year called the activists 'eco-terrorists'.
A banner attached to the front of a truck reads “Stop Tesla” in front of the plant of US electric carmaker Tesla in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin on 11 May 2024, during a protest against the company’s plans to cut down trees to extend the factory. Picture: John MACDOUGALL / AFPfactory near Berlin on Saturday, police said, a day after some of them tried to force their way into the plant.
Activists have been fighting plans to expand the factory at Gruenheide, which opened in 2022 following an arduous two-year approval and construction process dogged by administrative and legal obstacles.They are made up of a collective of campaigning organisations including Extinction Rebellion and more local groups and the latest round of protests has been going on since Wednesday.
But the Gruenheide site southeast of the German capital is near a protected forest and there are concerns about water use.
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