Photo / Getty ImagesElon Musk's early vision for Tesla's gigafactory in Berlin was typically outlandish. It would be Tesla's first gigafactory in Europe and its fourth overall, after sites built in Nevada, New York and Shanghai. A new airport for Berlin, only a few miles from Tesla's plant, opened eight years late, and 29 years after planning started, at a cost of €7bn. "They have been sandbagging Tesla's plans by saying it is not built to the right green standards," Schmidt says. On June 16, the groups submitted fresh injunctions against new Tesla planning applications.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 27, 2021 00:11 UTC