Tesla’s German gigafactory is polluting Berlin’s drinking water, a local utility company has claimed, as a fresh row engulfs Elon Musk’s flagship European electric car production plant. Officials from the local water authority near Tesla’s factory in Grünheide have written to the region’s mayors demanding the electric car company close its wastewater line until further notice.
The Information reports that the incident took place in 2021, when an engineer was programming the software that controls manufacturing robots at the Austin plant.