BERLIN (Reuters) – Production resumed on Wednesday at Tesla’s megafactory in Gruenheide, Germany, local German radio RBB reported, after an arson attack on a power pylon led to a costly power outage.
“The machines were restarted in a controlled and safe manner, so that the morning shift could resume its activities,” Michaela Schmitz, head of the site’s works council, told RBB radio.
According to RBB and other media outlets, Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, is expected to visit the factory on Wednesday.
“We will have a team meeting and Elon Musk will also be there,” said Michaela Schmitz.
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The company has so far declined to comment on the visit.
The Tesla factory, located in the suburbs of Berlin, was reconnected to the electricity grid on Monday, after having been without power since March 5 due to the arson of a high-voltage line pylon near the site , which was claimed by a far-left group.
Tesla said it expects hundreds of millions of euros in damages due to the production disruption.
(Reporting Rachel More; French version Lina Golovnya, editing by Kate Entringer)
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