A German court on Sunday ordered Tesla Inc to stop clearing forest land near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, a victory for local environmental activists, SIA reports referring to foreign media.
The US electric carmaker announced plans last November to build a Gigafactory in Gruenheide in the eastern state of Brandenburg. The court ruling, by the higher administrative court of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, comes after the state environmental office gave a green light to clear 92 hectares of forest for the plant.
Planning permission has not yet been granted to build the Gigafactory, however, meaning US entrepreneur Elon Musk's company is preparing the ground at its own risk. In a statement, the court said it had issued the order to stop the tree-felling because it would have only taken three more days to complete the work.
Tesla currently has two Gigafactories in the United States and one in Shanghai, China. Tesla shares have surged 340% since early June as more investors bet on Musk's vision.
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