Work at automotive group Tesla’s first European factory has come to a halt after a court ruling in mid-February said tree-felling at the site had to stop, for the time being at least.

Tesla announced in November that it would build its first European production facility at a new factory in Grunheide, near Berlin. It said the facility would open in 2021 with the capacity to produce 500,000 of its electric vehicles per year. Moreover, it insisted production at the site would be carbon-neutral.

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