The carmaker’s only European gigafactory has become the target of increasingly radical protests since announcing expansion plans.

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Tesla’s German factory, which produces electric cars and batteries, has for months been the target of protests by climate activists, who call the company’s green credentials a sham.

“Companies like Tesla are there to save the car industry, they’re not there to save the climate,” Esther Kamm, spokesperson for Turn Off the Tap on Tesla (known by its German initialism TDHA) told WIRED last week.

  • @[email protected]
    5•6 months ago

    Ok, I make this comment in complete good faith as an urban cyclist from NA who desperately hates the modern car industry…

    Why not storm the VW plant or an ICE car manufacturer? Going after car manufacturers is kinda based, but from what I can tell the main problem with Teslas is build quality and the scam of FSD, not anything particularly environmental. Is it because they sell their carbon credits to other auto manufacturers, bypassing the point of them? Or is it because they’re cars and encourage unsustainable growth patterns inherently?

    Wouldn’t shuttering an ICE factory be better than shuttering an EV factory, even if neither are good?

    • @[email protected]English
      -3•6 months ago

      For protesters like this “being angry and lashing out” is the goal, not affecting change.