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Tesla Berlin factory preparation delayed by German court

Workers have already scoured the equivalent of about 150 soccer fields of forest and removed most of the World War II ammunition found there. (BLOOMBERG/Bloomberg)
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RICHARD WEISS, STEFAN NICOLA and KARIN MATUSSEK
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February 17, 2020 03:28 AM

Elon Musk’s plan to build an electric vehicle plant in Germany has run into legal trouble after a court said clearing a forest near Berlin for a new Tesla Inc. factory must stop immediately while it considers a challenge by environmentalists.

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