Tesla Inc got approval from a German court on Feb 20 to continue cutting down forest near Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory. — Reuters
BERLIN: Tesla Inc got approval from a German court on Feb 20 to continue to cut down forest near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, in a defeat for local environmental activists.
The court said in a statement it had rejected urgent applications to stop the land being cleared of trees from several environmental groups, adding its ruling was final. It had temporarily halted the tree felling earlier this month.
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