Tesla gets court approval to clear forest for German factory

Tesla Model 3 on factory site Gruenheide BB web.jpg — (Sean Gallup/Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty )

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Reuters

February 21, 2020 10:48 AM

BERLIN -- Tesla received approval from a German court 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.

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