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Grünheide (dpa) - The plans of US electric car manufacturer Tesla for a battery factory in Grünheide near Berlin are raised by the nature conservation association Nabu. "In the meantime, a real battery cell production is planned, which is certainly connected to a different water consumption and other hazardous substances than when only prefabricated components are installed," said the state manager of Nabu Brandenburg, Christiane Schröder, the German press agency. “The location of this battery factory is at least close to or even in a water protection area and not far from the highly sensitive and strictly protected Löcknitz Valley, which is a fauna-flora-habitat area. Of course, that gives us a headache. "
Tesla is building its first e-car factory in Europe in Grünheide.
Because the final environmental permit is missing, building is being carried out in steps of early approvals.
Environmental groups and residents fear that the car factory will have negative consequences for water and animals.
Tesla boss Elon Musk also wants to build the world's largest battery factory in Grünheide.
The original plan was to start producing electric cars in Grünheide in July.
Now there is a risk of a later start.
According to the Brandenburg State Environment Agency, the application for approval of the project will probably have to be publicly interpreted again because Tesla also wants to include the construction and operation of a battery factory.
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In the planned battery cell factory, Tesla wants to rely on dry electrodes with less space and energy consumption, according to previous information from industry circles.
A new cell type that has six times more power is to be produced in it.
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