German Interior Minister Michael Stuebgen says that it is "a perfidious attack on our electricity infrastructure".
This comes only a few months after Tesla already announced the hiring of an additional 1,000 employees, meaning the German factory should grow to a total of around 12,700 workers.
Tesla will expand production at its Berlin Gigafactory. Meanwhile, VW plans to close four factories in Germany, according to reports.
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