Tesla fells 500,000 trees for Berlin gigafactory, Alzheimer’s drug given green light

Elon Musk’s Tesla felled half a million trees in order to build his giant Berlin electric car factory, satellite analysis shows. Imaging from environmental intelligence firm Kayrros suggested around 329 hectares of local woodland were felled between March 2020 and May 2023 to expand the plant. This is equivalent to around 500,000 trees. Work on the…