several hundred people They demonstrated this Thursday at Grünheidenear Berlin, against the planned expansion of the American electric car manufacturer’s German plant Teslaafter new protest campreported the media.

Alliance “Turn off the faucet on Tesla” He has called for protests for several days and hopes to gather more than a thousand participants before Sunday, regional radio and television RBB reported.

The protesters refer to the residents of Grünheide’s opposition to the expansion of the Tesla plant as a sign of protest, in their own words: for water, forests and justice and for revolutionizing transportation beyond Tesla.

On Wednesday, protesters They climbed two electrical poles at the factory to hang a banner, and in the forest, which will soon have to be cut down for the expansion of the plant, the protesters built tree houses.

Videos have been circulating online showing some protesters carrying out massive attacks on the facilities in an attempt to get inside, but most were detained by nearby police officers.

Tesla employees were sent to work from home and there will be a brief production shutdown on Friday, although the company says the pause has nothing to do with the protests, but rather a long weekend planned since last January following this Thursday’s holiday in Germany.

(according to information from EFE)