Verdict: closure of protest camp tesla-The plant in Brandenburg is allowed to remain for the time being.

Tuesday, March 19, 2:34 p.m.: The protest camp near the Tesla factory in Grünheide, Brandenburg, may remain for the time being. The police's general considerations to justify their demands based on the camp's incompatibility with building regulations were not sufficient, the Potsdam Administrative Court announced on Tuesday. This proved that the person who searched the field was right against the police demands. (Af.: VG 3 L 221/24)

Since the end of February, environmentalists have been protesting in the forest against the planned expansion of the Tesla factory and the associated deforestation. The meeting was first recorded from February 29 to March 15. The meeting now before the court is a continuation of this.

Initially, the activists occupied an area of ​​about ten football fields. As more and more people participate in the protests, the area will be expanded by about a tenth. More tree houses should also be built. The police rejected this expansion and ordered the evacuation of the camp. The meeting was limited until Thursday.

The court now rejected this and found that the person who registered the protest was right. The reason given was that the authority had not sufficiently addressed the fact that freedom of assembly was a fundamental right that could only be interfered with under special conditions. The court restored the suspensive effect of the activist's objection to the conditions. An appeal can be lodged against the decision to the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg.

The power supply at the Tesla factory is working again

Monday, March 11, 9:33 p.m.: After an attack on the power supply of the car manufacturer Tesla in Grünheide near Berlin, the Gigafactory is back in operation. The repair work was completed much earlier than initially planned, as announced by the responsible network operator, Edis, on Monday evening. Tesla had previously expected production to halt until the end of the week due to the power outage.

About a week ago, unknown perpetrators set fire to a freely accessible high-voltage tower in a field, which is also responsible for supplying the Tesla factory. Production at the car factory was paralyzed. The left-wing extremist group “Vulkan Group” claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to energy supplier Edis, the decisive change occurred in the grid control center at 8:45 p.m. Both Tesla and the fulfillment center are back online. “Supply has since been restored,” he said in a statement. The result of a high voltage measurement was decisive for the refueling.

The federal prosecutor's office takes charge of the investigation into the attack on Tesla

13:39: After the fire arson in the power supply of the electric car company Tesla, the federal prosecutor's office took over the investigation. The initial suspicion is, among other things, membership in a terrorist organization, unconstitutional sabotage and community arson, a spokeswoman for the Karlsruhe authorities said on Friday.

Fence, security, police: after the attack on Tesla, energy operators are massively modernizing

11:49 a.m.: Following the attack on the Tesla power grid in Grünheide, according to power grid operator Edis, security measures have been increased at the site around the damaged power tower. The area will be extensively fenced so that only qualified personnel have access, the energy company announced on its website. He also mentioned the use of a security service and the constant patrolling and security by the police. Emergency services from Edis and other companies are constantly used at the electrical tower site.

Tesla and an Edeka logistics center have still not been able to receive power again since the arson attack on Tuesday. Network operator Edis spoke of massive damage to the mast and live parts.

Bad news for Tesla! Factory without electricity until the end of next week

19:46: The Grünheide Gigafactory will be without electricity until the end of next week after the arson attack. This was confirmed by a Tesla spokeswoman to the Bild newspaper. The company should obtain more detailed details as the repair progresses. It was initially assumed that production could resume later this week.

The damage, which Tesla estimated on Tuesday at hundreds of millions of euros, is likely to continue to rise. The energy grid operator Edis, which also supplies the Freienbrink freight hub, is working intensively on a temporary technical solution. “The first measures have already come into force,” the company stated.

Vice Chancellor Habeck condemns attack on Tesla

17:03: Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) condemned the attack on the power supply of the Tesla factory in Grünheide, near Berlin. On Wednesday he spoke of a “crime” that had to be solved. It is “wrong in every way and unacceptable in every way.”

Freedom of demonstration is a valuable asset. Federal and state governments would have to endure demonstrations. But the political debate in Germany must not subside, Habeck said at Berlin's Brandenburg airport before leaving for the US. He spoke out against violence against property and danger to people. “I have the feeling that we have reached a point that should not be set incorrectly,” said Habeck, who is also Federal Minister of the Economy.

Minister speaking on the phone with the boss of Tesla: “Elon Musk was very practical”

14:10: According to Brandenburg Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach (SPD), Tesla boss Elon Musk reacted objectively to the attack, which temporarily paralyzed the factory in Germany. Steinbach spoke by phone Tuesday with the company's boss. “Elon Musk was very natural and confident in his reaction,” Steinbach told the Tagesspiegel (Wednesday / online). “There was immediate agreement that nothing should happen in response that would have allowed the attackers to succeed. At the same time, he naturally called for a supportive response and concrete answers that foster trust to support the company and its employees.”

According to the minister, no negative consequences for the settlement are expected after the attack. If all forces in Brandenburg react appropriately, if the state government, the police and others restore the relationship of trust there, which has surely just been damaged, no consequences are expected, Steinbach said. “By the way, that is also the tenor of the conversations I had and am having with the head of Tesla, Rohan Patel, in the United States after the attack.”

Tesla now calculates how much the attack will cost the company

Wednesday, March 6, 1:27 p.m.: American electric car manufacturer Tesla has cited a sum of several hundred million euros as downtime costs after production was halted due to an attack on the power supply at the Grünheide factory near Berlin. “This means nine-figure economic damage for us,” says plant director André Thierig. According to information from the German Press Agency on Wednesday, Thierig refers to the loss of sales of vehicles that cannot be produced and therefore cannot be sold. The plant director expected a breakdown of more than 1,000 cars a day and expected a loss of production at least this week.

The Tesla Model Y is manufactured in Grünheide. The sale price ranges between 45,000 euros and just under 60,000 euros. Unknown assailants set fire to a high voltage tower that also supplies electricity to the Tesla factory. The factory was evacuated and production stopped for the time being. Tesla expects production to decline for a few more days. Tens of thousands of residents in the region were temporarily affected by a power outage. The left-wing extremist group “Vulkan Group” claimed responsibility for the attack. The Brandenburg police classified the confession letter as authentic. Investigators assume the fire was intentionally set.

Already on Sunday: attack on TeslaFactory Railway

20:19: A suspected attack paralyzed Europe's only Tesla car factory with a power outage on Tuesday. It is now known that there was an attempted sabotage on Sunday. The perpetrators left an occupied forest, crossed the fence and reached the tracks of the Tesla factory. There they manipulated a switch, as reported by the newspaper Bild. But the manipulation was discovered and something worse could be avoided.

Minister offers tolerance to tesla-Protest camp in question

6:24 pm: After the alleged arson attack on the power supply at the Tesla car factory in Brandenburg, the state government is examining whether it should reassess the critics' protest camp near the plant. “This can also mean ending tolerance,” Economy Minister Jörg Steinbach said in Grünheide on Tuesday. It was recently said that the camp set up last week would initially be tolerated until mid-March.

Additionally, Tesla and police discussed other safety measures. Everything that is possible will be intensified. We looked again at what infrastructure was critical. “And we will certainly ensure greater security,” Steinbach said. But he also made it clear: “In the end, you are not immune to a terrorist attack.”

Tesla after attack on electricity: damage in the high nine-figure range

16:11: Following the attack on the power supply of the Tesla car factory in Brandenburg, the company expects economic damage in the “nine figures” due to production interruptions. This was announced on Tuesday by Tesla representative André Thierig. It is assumed that the power supply will be interrupted for several days. It is unclear when production will resume.

From Tesla's point of view, this is clearly an “attack on this industrial settlement” in Brandenburg, Thierig said. There is currently a very critical sentiment against Tesla. That's very unpleasant. At the moment he cannot say whether this could have any impact on the future of the factory. However, there are currently no threatening letters.

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