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Berlin (dpa) - Tesla takes sharp criticism of the approval process for its electric car plant near Berlin.
In a statement published on Thursday, the US company argues that the factory is helping to combat global warming by spreading e-mobility.
"The German approval framework for industrial and infrastructure projects as well as for spatial planning is in direct contrast to the urgency of planning and realizing such projects, which is necessary to combat climate change," Tesla criticized.
"Particularly irritating" for Tesla is that 16 months after the application there is still no schedule for issuing a final approval.
The “most glaring problem” is that in current procedures and laws, projects that fight climate change and those that accelerate it are treated equally.
Tesla expressed itself in a proceeding between the German Environmental Aid (DUH) and the Federal Republic before the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg.
The DUH demands that the federal government be condemned to set up a program to achieve the national climate protection target of 2030.
Tesla submitted the statement as a "friend of the court" as it was in the interest of the proceedings to share the experience.
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Tesla wants to start production in its first European plant in Grünheide in Brandenburg in the summer and over time will manufacture 500,000 cars per year.
The US group is currently building with preliminary approvals.
The work was repeatedly interrupted following the procedure of environmental associations.
In the statement, Tesla proposed ten measures to improve the approval processes.
This includes accelerated procedures for sustainable projects as well as consideration of indirect effects on the environment.
At present, indications of relatively minor local consequences could prevent positive projects on a larger scale, argued the US company.
Tesla also criticized the fact that "some of the current regulations are conducive to abuse" in public participation.
Large hearings rewarded “volume instead of substance”.
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