Due to ambiguities in connection with the leakage of a liquid on Tesla's Giga Berlin premises in Grünheide, the Grüne Liga (Green League) has submitted an application to the responsible district Oder-Spree to prohibit the operating licence for the plant. The incident itself involved about 15,000
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Tesla has also changed its application for emission control approval for its construction plans. The new application formally requests the additional battery production facility Tesla had already hinted at.
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Tesla comes to Germany
Tesla said the land is needed for pipelines and storage for what will be the US carmaker s first European plant.
Threat to protected species
Conservation groups Grüne Liga (Green League) and Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) opposed the planned construction, arguing that logging could endanger hibernating reptiles.
The case specifically focused on the well-being of the local smooth snakes (Coronella austriaca) and the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), both of which are protected species.
Tesla carried out measures to relocate the species earlier this year, but the environmentalists say the efforts did not go far enough.