After the fatal attack on the power supply at the car manufacturer Tesla in Grünheide near Berlin, the so-called Gigafactory is back online.
The repair work was completed significantly earlier than initially expected, as the responsible network operator Edis announced on Monday evening. Tesla had previously expected production to stop until the end of the week due to the power outage.
About a week ago, a fire was set on a freely accessible electricity pylon in a field, which also ensures the supply to the Tesla factory. Production at the car factory came to a standstill. The left-wing extremist “Vulkan Group” said it was responsible for the attack.
According to the energy supplier Edis, the decisive switching was carried out in the network control center on Monday at 8:45 p.m. Both Tesla and the logistics center are back online. “Since then, supplies have been restored,” it said in a statement.
Tesla announced on Monday that as soon as the factory was connected to the power grid again, the systems could be gradually started up again. It is not yet possible to say how long it will take until production is fully operational again.
The attack on the electricity pylon sparked a broad debate about better protection for energy networks in Germany. Last Tuesday, Tesla factory manager André Thierig estimated the damage at hundreds of millions of euros. At that point he only expected a failure until around Sunday.
In addition to the 300-hectare factory site, the electric car manufacturer also wants to build a freight yard, warehouses and a company kindergarten. To achieve this, more than 100 hectares of forest will be cleared.
Environmental activists demonstrated against the expansion plans in Grünheide on Sunday, and police forces accompanied the action. In addition, the occupation of a forest not far from the factory continues. So far the police have allowed the camp until March 15th. Environmental activists have announced that they will not voluntarily leave the occupied forest next to the factory for the time being.
Tesla shares listed on the NASDAQ rose by 0.50 percent to $178.65 after hours.
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