Scholz called the arson of a substation that cut off power to the Tesla plant a terrorist attack. In an interview with the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, he noted that the government of the federal state where this incident occurred adheres to a similar point of view.

The incident in question occurred on March 5th. As a result of the arson by environmental activists, theTesla plant, as well as the city of Erkner and two districts of Berlin were cut off.