More than WWII ammunition and endangered bats were blocking the road.
A land purchase agreement was reached, and Tesla’s German plant, which is about to start construction, failed to usher in a “big start.”
According to foreign media reports, on January 19, Tesla reached a land purchase contract with the German local government on the construction of its fourth super factory. The acquisition land is located in Gruenheide, Brandenburg, eastern Germany, covering an area of 300 hectares, with an initial amount of about 40.91 million euros (about 311 million yuan). The tram-making “superstar” is preparing to replicate its success at the Shanghai plant into the heart of the global automotive industry.
A spokesman for the local government said that the two sides have now completed the signing and approval of relevant procedures and are checking whether the land in the designated industrial zone has weapons left over from World War II.
In November last year, Tesla announced its location in Germany to build its first super factory in Europe and the second overseas. According to the original plan, the project with a total investment of up to US $ 4.4 billion will start this year. It will be officially put into production in July 2021, and it will produce batteries, power systems, Model 3 and Model Y. The annual production capacity is expected to exceed 500,000 vehicles.
This number puts the initial production capacity of other Tesla factories far behind, including the Shanghai Super Factory3.
However, despite the support provided by the German and local governments for the US $ 330 million investment subsidy for the project, in the private sector, Tesla has encountered a completely different “cold treatment” than it did in China.
The protests have intensified since the construction of the factory in Guanxuan. Because Glenhead is located on the edge of a nature reserve in southeast Berlin, it has come under fire from environmentalists. According to Tesla’s previously announced construction plan, maintaining the entire plant requires up to 300 cubic meters of water per hour, meaning that the local will consume about 10 million liters of water a day just to “change more cars to increase traffic congestion. “Obviously, the German people who already have a mature automotive industry chain do not buy it.
Furthermore, Tesla’s construction plan also includes construction plans for cutting about 300 hectares of forest and affecting the dormancy of endangered bats, raising concerns about how to ensure environmental sustainability.
Europe always attaches great importance to environmental issues, especially in Germany, where the “Green Party” has considerable power. Twenty years ago in Brandenburg, environmentalists successfully “intercepted” the site of the BMW plant in Leipzig. Last week, about 50 members of the public protested against Tesla, and the scale has so far increased fivefold. Even though the number is not large, the public opinion influence that will ferment is likely to force the construction of Super Factory 4 to be delayed.
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