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Bid | 0.1200 |
Ask | 0.1300 |
Strike | 195.00 |
Expiry date | 2024-05-17 |
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German police said Friday they had prevented hundreds of demonstrators from storming Tesla’s factory near Berlin during protests against the pioneering electric carmaker over its environmental footprint. In March, a suspected arson attack on an electricity pylon claimed by a far-left group knocked out power supplies to the factory for nearly a week, interrupting production. During Friday's protest march at a nearby train station, “hundreds of participants ran into the forest and tried to get onto the Tesla site,” police spokesman Mario Heinemann said on ntv television.
Protesters opposed to expansion of U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla's plant in Grueneheide near Berlin clashed with police as some of them attempted to storm the facility on Friday. Some 800 people took part in the protest, according to the organising group Disrupt Tesla, which claims the expansion would damage the environment. "We are here today to draw attention to the Tesla factory in Grunheide for the environmental destruction here," Disrupt Tesla spokesperson Ole Becker told Reuters.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Friday said the EV giant is spending half a billion dollars to build out its supercharger stations this year, even as the Tesla head recently dismissed the company's entire supercharger team. Musk took to the social media platform X early Friday claiming that Tesla will spend more than $500 million to expand its supercharger network and "create thousands" of new chargers in 2024. In the first quarter, Tesla supercharger stations totaled 6,249, up 26% vs. Q1 2023.