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Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the electric car giant’s giant German factory on the outskirts of Berlin on Wednesday, where it had been out for a week after an arson attack on a nearby pylon caused a power outage. Celebrated the resumption of production at the facility. plant.
“Thanks to the hard work of the Tesla Giga Berlin team and support from the community, the factory is back in operation!” Musk announced on his social media platform “X”.
Musk visited the facility with one of his children, carrying the boy on his shoulders as he addressed factory workers.
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Wearing a black T-shirt that read “We are the (giga) future,” the billionaire shouted, “Hey, Germany is awesome! Dig Berlin for victory!” When he left the factory and got into his car.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured while visiting the company’s electric car factory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, on March 13, 2024.When employees resumed work after production had to be shut down due to a suspected arson fire that caused a power outage (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Power was restored to Berlin Giga on Monday, but it was unclear at the time how long it would take for the facility, which employs about 12,500 people, to resume full production.
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The outage will cause Tesla to miss its production target of about 1,000 cars per day, and the factory manager said the outage would cost the company hundreds of millions of euros.
Media members stand outside the building of Tesla’s production plant in Grünheide, a suburb of Berlin, Germany, on March 5, 2024. after the factory lost power due to a suspected arson attack on a nearby steel tower. (Reuters/Lisi Niesner/File photo/Reuters photo)
A far-left activist group called Volkangruppe (translated as Volcano Group) claimed responsibility for the March 5 arson attack.
The Volcano Group claimed responsibility for the arson in a 2,500-word letter attacking Tesla and Musk that was distributed to local media. Police said they were aware of the letter signed “Agua de Pau”, the name of a volcano in the Azores, and were confirming its authenticity.
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“We sabotaged Tesla,” Agua de Pau’s letter said, according to Reuters. The letter said the attack was a gift for International Women’s Day on March 8th.
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| TSLA | Tesla Inc. | 177.54 | -0.23 | -0.13% |
“Tesla is consuming the planet, resources, people, and workers, and in return, it’s spitting out 6,000 SUVs, killer cars, and monster trucks every week.”
Musk addressed the arson incident in several posts on X last week.
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“They are either the dumbest eco-terrorists on the planet or puppets of people who don’t have proper environmental goals,” Musk wrote.
“Production will be discontinued” Electric car“It’s more than a fossil fuel car, it’s extremely stupid,” he said, using the German word for “extremely stupid.”
FOX Business’ Chris Pandolfo and Reuters contributed to this report.
