Environmentalists in Germany have accused Tesla of suspected water pollution and a possible environmental crime in relation to the construction of Gigafactory Berlin. The Association for Nature and Landscape in Brandenburg has filed three criminal charges with the public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt (Oder), two of which are against Tesla.
The first charge is related to Tesla driving foundation piles that the association believes could be reaching and/or affecting groundwater. The second charge is against Sascha Gehm, the first deputy of the Oder-Spree district and head of Department III Construction, Order, and Environment, who they claim had “a lack of supervision and control” over the Tesla construction project. The third charge is against Tesla for starting construction on the “Tesla-Süd” work shuttle station project at the Gigafactory Berlin site before it officially received the construction permit.
The Strausberg-Erkner water association (WSE) has also expressed concerns about potential water contamination. Despite strong backing from local politicians and civil servants in Brandenburg, environmentalists have been able to put pressure on Tesla with these criminal allegations. It remains to be seen how the prosecutor’s office will respond to these charges.
Tesla’s expansion at Gigafactory Berlin is critical to the automaker’s plans, so it is important to keep an eye on this situation as it develops. It is unclear how serious these criminal charges are, but it is clear that environmentalists are taking a hard stance against Tesla’s activities in Germany.
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