There's a coal mine not far from Tesla in Germany that uses MORE than a hundred times more water, sounds like you are rather selective in your environmental pearl clutching.

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

For what purpose they use water in a coal mine?

@DaxVJacobson

5 ай бұрын

@@mutkaluikkunen3926 you have to wet the coal dust while it's being extracted or it will explode, and they cool / lubricate all the machines too, it's a giant mess.

@LoveForTheTruthTV

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking about that coal plant. It is shameful that it was not mentioned.

@thisismetoday

2 ай бұрын

You can be opposed to both - as over 60 per cent of the local communities are!

What’s sinking faster than ground water is the German car industry, and some journalism standard.

@mikafiltenborg7572

5 ай бұрын

😂😂

Seems a bit weird, wondering if DW has put German car manufacturers under the same scrutiny. Dieselgate didnt seem to bother DW as much as Tesla's Giga factory.

@Kevin-jz1dv

5 ай бұрын

indeed, they shall make doc regarding the same issue with vw group (Wolfsburg Volkswagen Factory).

@lecadou

5 ай бұрын

They are not going to do that

@christiankammer2379

5 ай бұрын

I just searched for "volkswagen diesel scandal deutsche welle" and found several DW videos related to Dieselgate. You are welcome.

@AlanPina-nn5sz

5 ай бұрын

Exactly! Was my first thought, there are several other car makers that do the same and overall even worst…

@HighWealder

5 ай бұрын

Well, I've seen their videos where they admit that German motor industry is doomed.

After watching, I have trust issues with DW now.

@edwardr8826

5 ай бұрын

its embarrassing

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

I on the other hand have more trust issues with Tesla now.

@juanjosearbocco2748

5 ай бұрын

Me too. It’s not objective

@lindam.1502

5 ай бұрын

@@mutkaluikkunen3926You shouldn’t, take a look at any of their impact reports, the truth is there for all to see.

@tonyc9035

5 ай бұрын

If you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed. If you listen to the news, you are misinformed. 🤷‍♂️

Having flashbacks to the DW reporting in the early days of dieselgate. Keep an eye on your bias please.

@saanko8742

5 ай бұрын

😂@@bgeery

"According to Vogel, Tesla is approved for up to 1.8 million cubic meters of water consumption per year, though it only used 300,000 cubic meters in its first year of production. In addition, Vogel says that amount stayed the same after Tesla ramped up factory production, citing the time range between January and August this year." "The publication also pointed to other plants using a significant amount of water annually within the WSE’s regional distribution area, including the LEAG coal plant (44.8 million cubic meters), the Premnitz waste incineration plant (23 million cubic meters), an oil refinery in Schwedt (13.5 million cubic meters) and a Klaistow asparagus farm (1.09 million cubic meters) - all despite the plant providing around 11,000 jobs."

Tesla's are made with the most efficient use of water per car of any car. Furthermore, if Germany is so concerned about using water, why is it wasting vast amounts, without concern, on coal mining.

@thisismetoday

2 ай бұрын

Evidence?

To be fair - How does this compare to other German heavy industries? How do you factor in the net public benefit of electrifying vehicles and elimination of health-destroying ICE cars and diesel trucks? Continued cost of OPEC dependency? Also, labor union pressure will only accelerate full automation and drive overseas production.

@AndreLeRoux81

5 ай бұрын

They didn't ask that question because they didn't want to ask that question. A journalist prepares all kinds questions to get a good perspective. This seems like an opinion hit piece.

@K1Realty

5 ай бұрын

You balance that by cheating on your diesel emission

@PD55_

5 ай бұрын

Yes, major media documentaries are often public relations disguised as "objective" news.

@looneycrow7978

5 ай бұрын

Batteries are filled with energy made by stuff like coal and oil. And there is loss during this. So it be more efficient to just use oil

@PD55_

5 ай бұрын

@@looneycrow7978 actually no you burn oil gone forever you reuse recharge Tesla battery pack for over 1 million miles

Doesn't the coal mine nearby use even more water than Tesla's factory?

@julianshepherd2038

5 ай бұрын

They don't market their coal as green

@1flash3571

5 ай бұрын

@@julianshepherd2038 Because Coal mines ARE NOT GREEN. WTH you talking about? Why don't you place yourself in a closed room with ICE vehicle and turn on the engine and stay there for 30 mins and see how you feel.....YOU WONT FEEL GOOD or might be gone......Do the same with Tesla EV. You wont get the same results. That is how dangerous ICE vehicles are!!!!!!

@DgurlSunshine

5 ай бұрын

ASK THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY. STOP GEOENGINEERING

@59seank

5 ай бұрын

The LEAG coal plant (44.8 million cubic meters). Tesla Berlin used 300,000 cubic meters.

@Abebe345

5 ай бұрын

@@jaaksavat7916It uses 10x the amount of water so it would appear the supply is not an issue then.

It's really impressive how DW is so biased against non german companies. Its journalism resembles some russian channels such as RT or Sputnik.

he have 1 facotory in nevada and 1 in texas, he know how to minimise his water usage, Meanwhile there are coal powerplant in germany that are using a order magnitude more water each, and causing global warming instead of solving it. Also, when you compare tesla car water usage per unit it's no worse then other car maker. You really have to give credit to germany bureaucracy: "There! this is zoned a industrial park. But there is no water, the ground is porous to contaminent, we won't allow fondation pile, maybe there is snake present that we want to preserve, and we will be sad if you cut the monoculture species tree plantation present."

The German Tesla factory has it's water use approved by all the required legal bodies after having had its water needs investigated and it was established that there was sufficient water for their needs. This was proved in court prior to Tesla having its factory near Berlin approved an allowed to manufacture cars Tesla has gone further and recently got approval to build a water recycling plant do they will use lot less water than the legal court gave them permission to use.

@BogdanKatansky

5 ай бұрын

And they not mention the results from the investigations from the pollution accidents. Also I really like that they don't say who is the biggest consumer of water in the same region and how much more efficient the Gigafactory is. The best one was the report of produced EVs for last year, where BYD is represented with a number that includes hybrids...

@hello_there3528

5 ай бұрын

Informative. But, practically, is all this working out to be true?

@59seank

5 ай бұрын

@@hello_there3528 The LEAG coal plant (44.8 million cubic meters). Tesla Berlin used 300,000 cubic meters.

@nvelsen1975

5 ай бұрын

@@59seank According to who? Your FSB handler, Sergei? Come up data or stop lying.

@59seank

5 ай бұрын

@@nvelsen1975 Google "Tesla uses far less water at Giga Berlin than it's approved for" or "German Green Activists Weep When Study Reveals Tesla Gigafactory Uses Far Less Water Than They Feared" The data is from Brandenburg’s Minister of Agriculture Axel Vogel.

What a poor piece of reporting, full of innuendo to slant the story into a negative context.

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

That's called journalism and critical thinking.

@highmountainfarmersoffgrid

5 ай бұрын

Definition of a good journalist, To maintain objectivity in journalism, journalists should present the facts whether or not they like or agree with those facts. Objective reporting is meant to portray issues and events in a neutral and unbiased manner, regardless of the writer's opinion or personal beliefs.

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

@@highmountainfarmersoffgrid I think they did just that.

@thisismetoday

2 ай бұрын

@@highmountainfarmersoffgridyeah that’s what they did. They told you all these things even though you may not like them.

@thisismetoday

2 ай бұрын

@@highmountainfarmersoffgridAmerican, correct?

The Swedish mechanics walking off the job on strike totals 2 employees. It's a total non issue, and the unions are trying to stop Tesla operations in Nordic countries using sympathy strikes trying to stop Teslas being imported, and sold. I think their behaviour and tactics should be investigated for basically being little more than gangsters trying to shut down a legally operated company. The British car industry was largely killed by unions in the 70's, and I can see the same thing happening in Europe today. When all your jobs are in China like ours have been for decades because you can't manufacture anything in your own countries anymore, you will finally get it, but it will be too late. Shame on the unions and shame on DW for this shoddy news story that is so biased and full of holes it's actually garbage.

@davidpearn5925

5 ай бұрын

Exploitation is Tesla/Musk’s expertise extensively refined over the last five years. Damning government interference whilst strategising for maximum subsidy is industry setting hypocrisy…….directed by ‘very selective’ free speech absolutist who masters in NDAs and who sacks anyone wearing hi vis clothing……..cos it just ain’t cool bro.

@rendezone

4 ай бұрын

Amen!

@davidpearn5925

4 ай бұрын

How can you exploit individuals if they negotiate as a collective ?. It’s an inconvenient fact that unions are seen as beneficial to the wider society within the European Union. Exploitation is just so difficult when the people stick together.

@GdaySport

4 ай бұрын

@davidpearn5925 The problem is when the unions have ill intentions and use their workers to suit their political ideology, personal agendas, or are straight up corrupt. That works against workers interests, and there are many well documented cases

@davidpearn5925

4 ай бұрын

@@GdaySport Elon Musk only has the workers best interests at heart of course. He identifies with their issues of paying for life sustaining drugs, needed surgery and education infrastructure for their children. He also identifies with the issues that minorities face……..and that’s why he wants to save the world from the threat of collective bargaining. He would never think of holding shareholders for ransom either. He’s a SNAG.

all years of Auto industry and their suppliers all over Germany, and now every one is worried about TESLA!!!!

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

That's cause Germany car manufacturers play by the local rules.

@saanko8742

5 ай бұрын

specially VW with its Diesel-Emissions Scandal@@mutkaluikkunen3926

It is absurd for Dan Ives to say that to build the $25,000 Tesla you need the cheap labor of Mexico. They're going to be building those cars in Berlin, Shanghai and Texas.

@stevebloom5606

5 ай бұрын

it's not a necessity, but it helps margins. The only reason any cheap Teslas will be made in Texas is because It's much easier to set up an initial production line there. Subsequently that line will be copied several times over in Mexico. Shanghai and Berlin are in different markets.

@lindam.1502

5 ай бұрын

Don’t forget the bot will help

@rendezone

4 ай бұрын

+90% of Giga Shangais Tesla production is automated, not sure there is much left for the Bots to do…

DW is taking sides against TESLA and Elon. German Auto industry will love this , specially VW

DW would never produce such documentary on German trash auto companies. German auto caused the most air pollution by diseal scandal

Well, that was my last documentary from DW

Stopped watching after 30 seconds when I realized this was going to be a biased hit piece.

@thisismetoday

2 ай бұрын

Shame, you may have learnt something about your celebrity crush. But just continue worshipping this morally-deprived man. And don’t even think about bursting your bubble and watch someone that might actually not align with your pre-formed opinions. We wouldn’t want that to happen.

Biased much? Well. No more DW for me from now on 😅.

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

So a German media cannot criticize a US car manufacturer without being labeled biased? So lets go find some news articles from US media concerning German car manufacturers. That would probably be a useless task since the US media is widely known to be very politically biased.

What the open cast coal mine that uses 10times the amount of water that Telsa uses

@cormaccarroll

5 ай бұрын

Nice Whataboutary 👏

@miskaknapek

5 ай бұрын

how about watching the documentary before commenting.

@thisismetoday

2 ай бұрын

You can be opposed to both - as over 60 per cent of the local communities are!

Tesla is actually much more environmentally conscious than its competing German OEMs. Your reviews are very biased, indeed Tesla uses much less water than competitors. Why don’t you check and disclose that? This is a subpar video and is at a hi-school level … Tesla has some of the best environmental processes. This is a very bad review! So is your contention that all other car manufacturers are completely environmentally friendly?

Wow. I used to think that DW were journalists.

Filled with negativity about TESLA as if this is the only factory on earth using water!!!! Appreciate him of bringing the factory to dwindling German economy

@oliverko3072

5 ай бұрын

Lol if you think that tesla is such a massive contributor to the German economy, then I'm sorry for you musk fan. Tesla contributes ~1.3€ annually, total German economy was 4.4 trillion in 2023, so it will be around 0,02% of total economy. What means insignificant

Tesla is using much less water than they can and they are recyling. A coal plant would use much more water than Teslas factory.

This segment brought to you by VAG, MB, BMW. /s ;-) Speaking of which, the latter companies sure have no problem building in Orban's country, Hungary. Lots of good paying German jobs there... not.

This woman said "crisises", and the editors went along with it. Am I supposed to watch the whole thing now?

I'm sure Elon would be happy to sit down with you and discuss this. Untill that's done, I don't trust you guys.

@tonyc9035

5 ай бұрын

Yup. News is now skewed to carry the narrative of the sponsors. Cannot be trusted anymore. 😢

Tesla has promised that its new gigafactory in Mexico will have the lowest water consumption in the world and it will use treated water from a waste water treatment plant.

@thisismetoday

2 ай бұрын

Oh well if they have promised that, that surely means a lot. Thank goodness for companies always being true to their word. Just ignore everything that was shown in this report that seem to suggest that Tesla/Musk consistently ignore environmental issues. We wouldn’t want to burst your bubble!

It's a shame DW didn't mention the jobs and opportunities that Tesla has created. TESLA has done more for the environment than any individual or company in the entire world.

@FinianLohbar

5 ай бұрын

if you think that i have a bridge to sell you

@vikasd.7139

5 ай бұрын

Its more like 5 old jobs slowly being lost for each new one created.

@paulf3353

4 ай бұрын

I smell Tesla shareholder here

DW should be worried about VW,Diamler, BMW whether they will surview into the next decade

@fabiobermudezpippo9583

5 ай бұрын

They will “surview”, don’t worry 😉

@weird-guy

5 ай бұрын

VW and some of their group brands are more at risk meanwhile mercedes and bmw are still seen as a premium brand.

@danlupsan6997

5 ай бұрын

So true

@danlupsan6997

5 ай бұрын

Probably will survive but will be like Nokia.... I drive a Mercedes (mild hybrid) now and I like it a lot but the future will bring new kind of cars

Not a big problem. Most of the German industries specially the traditional car factories are closing anyway.

@mistressfreezepeach

5 ай бұрын

"they're not insolvent, they simply don't sell anymore." - Green party economy minister Habeck

@K1Realty

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 sad but true

9:54: This is a clear error, the sales statistic is wrong, it includes hybrid vehicles, not just fully electric vehicles (BEVs). When you only take BEVs (and hybrids will be phased out, they were just a transitional technology on the way to BEVs), then Tesla is number one (and has always been nr. 1 in the last years). All-electric car registrations in Q1-Q4 2022 (vs previous year): Tesla: 1,314,330 and 18.2% share (vs 23%) BYD: 913,052 and 12.6% share (vs 7%) SAIC (incl. SAIC-GM-Wuling): 671,725 and 9.3% share (vs 13%) Volkswagen Group: 571,067 and 7.9% share (vs 10%) Geely-Volvo: 383,936 and 5.3% share

Seems like the quality of Germany's journalism is going the same way as its car manufacturing...

The large mine down the road from tesla Berlin uses about 3x the water tesla uses 😅-tesla actually recycles ♻️ water as much as possible...

Nice hit piece. Hardly what could be called unbiased reporting. Notice that there wasn’t one instance of Tesla doing anything positive in any of its operations, which speaks volumes about the intention of the piece. A good example is the reporting of the Swedish ‘strike’ of Tesla mechanics; the fact that only a tiny minority of Tesla mechanics chose to join the strike was not reported. Also interesting is that not one German that was interviewed saw Tesla in a positive light. Balanced reporting? Hardly.

2:33 - OF COURSE the claims about a lack of water were laughable to Elon Musk. They are laughable to ANYONE who understands these issues, and that Tesla's oldest gigafactory (Nevada) is in a desert, that Tesla's first automobile factory (California) is in a dry region, and that Tesla uses water exceedingly efficiently compared to most manufacturers. Tesla's newest gigafactory (Texas) is also in a dry region, and its upcoming gigafactory (Monterrey, Mexico) is also in a dry region. There is nowhere in Germany that even begins to compare to the dry conditions that Tesla has dealt with since it was first established. There is only one gigafactory where locals have complained about the use of water - and it's ... Berlin? That's pretty funny. Frankly, this looks like a hit piece. It is only telling one side, and that side is rather biased.

Slowly eating their lunch.

Import cars from China then no water use. Germany saved all the water and happy 😂

Raise concerns first with the local coal industry that actually does use an overwhelming amount of water, hypocrits!

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

Coal industry might be a tad more critical to running the country than Elon's gigafactory.

What about Volkswagen 😂😂

This mini documentary probably ordered by German competition companies. 😂😂

5:03 Culture clash? It’s about enforcing environmental law. If the US is too lax about these things that’s their problem. Germany isn’t, and which ever minister waved this project through - as a German - I am not happy with them!!

It is weird to see "environmentalists" protesting a company trying to save the environment...😂

This is DW answering their own questions about why the German economy is falling behind, why young Germans are leaving the country, labour shortage and the fall of the German Innovation Hub.

@K1Realty

5 ай бұрын

Well said 👌

@jaaksavat7916

5 ай бұрын

@daybreakercoder shortages of labor are just about everywhere and grass looks greener at the other side, until you get there

@fabiobermudezpippo9583

5 ай бұрын

Young Germans leaving the country? Have you ever been in Germany or know something about the country?

@weird-guy

5 ай бұрын

Germans are leaving to where? only if it is to the usa because germany has one of the highest salaries in the eu already.

@daybreakcoder

5 ай бұрын

​@@weird-guy mostly Switzerland and then Austria, also to the Netherlands. Germany is still a great country, but with the rise of the cost of living, bureaucracy and less opportunities on the horizon, many go after even higher salaries and less taxes in Switzerland, or move to Austria where the cost of living is cheaper and the quality of life is just as good. You can always come back to Germany though. DW wrote an article about it some years ago, but we can't post external links here.

Basically a video about a non-existent issue. There are many factories that use way more water, and agriculture as well. Additionally workers consuming water at the factory won't consume water at home. Was this taken into account?

Jesus christ what a hit piece :P

DW whats wrong with you, this issue was resolved during a construction of the plant long time ago. Is that report paid by diesel car manufacturers in Germany? Looks like to me

Check your bias. Some of us actually want the gas cars off the roads so our grand kids survive climate change...

@dashawnsmith6010

5 ай бұрын

Speak brother

@edvinass3804

5 ай бұрын

How about the factories and rest of the world that will still drive gas cars because they are poor?

@jaaksavat7916

5 ай бұрын

@Bbenkosky you don't need to be a genius to make an electric motor without treating, paying your workers properly is something musky musk, bezos and some other non-tax paying billionaires like to do. For them more is never enough and unions, worker's rights are the enemy, even democracy.

@weird-guy

5 ай бұрын

If musk really cared about the enviromment he wouldn´t create the cybertruck, everyone knows smaller vehicles are the most efficient,its about money don´t let him or anybody fool you.

That is a seriously on-sided discussion. How about is Tesla using less water than other factories? or the coal mine down the street using 10x? How about how many swedish workers want the union? Is Tesla pay lower than other manufacturers. IMO, it may be but they also have the stock which goes up over time earning much more.

I like reading the coments the free speech at finnest, I hope DW will read it too. The German auto industry is in deep trouble, Tesla is there, and the Chinise cars are coming soon, they react so slow and will be in deep trouble soon, sooner then they think

What a useless article. Lots of hypotheses and no real point.

Come on DW, you use to make really great reporting. Data based reporting. This one is build up on speculation, incomplete information and has a one-sided divisive view. Please do it again

This story is very poorly researched. No statistics, just anecdotes. Every business uses resources and has accidents. What are the numbers? How do they compare? Worker rights and safety are questioned, but no even a single Tesla employee was interviewed. This story is just rumormongering. Your are an excellent news source. Please do better.

California has among the strictest pollution laws in the world. Diesel engines allowed in Germany are banned in California and many other US States.

In the last year or two, Elon Musk has met with heads of state from France, Italy, and India. They all beg Elon to build a gigafactory in their country. Contrast that with the message of this video.

Seems like the problem is Germany's bad water management. Maybe make a video about that.

Germany used to have its capital in Bonn, so why did they move it back to Berlin if there was such a water problem there? How can they allow millions of people to live there if there is not enough water for them? And what sort of city doesn't have a system of resevoirs?

DW give us a link the article you did on the German Auto industry emissions scandle, just so we know you are not being propergandists for VW, Mercedes et al.

It would be cool to see the numbers to compare an average European "big automotive factory" and Tesla's in terms of resource consumption, and impact on the environment. Now it looks like just one side story.

Hang on there Germany once the tesla bot is in place you all can have a leisure time talking to your work colleagues more and less working

Germans blown away by the Tesla whirlwind are green with envy

Once NIO car manufacturers enters Europe Tesla prices will drop. I’m glad that China is going to compete forcing all the over prices EV prices down.

@bcanuck

5 ай бұрын

Are BYD still building a factory in Germany and using Chinese labourers for production? Will NIO use Chinese labour as well? This will have little benefit for German labour and will in essence be Chinese colonialism in Germany.

Delete whatever effect is used to scatter the transition between scenes. It's difficult to watch this.

Remember the WV scandal how many millions? Of tons that cost mother nature?

@mutkaluikkunen3926

5 ай бұрын

none.

@zuma4847

5 ай бұрын

@@mutkaluikkunen3926 the VW scandal , from what I understand, faked pollution data.

The first couple of minutes you can tell it's a hatchet piece, reading the comments confirmed it, no utube money from me ..

Well this report was a disappointment. Seems like a rehash of criticisms from two years ago when Giga Berlin was still a concept.

how funny is that DW never reports on German industrial giants like this. tell me if the Coal mines or the Tesla factory in german is more polluting.

If there is a water issue I'm sure Tesla and Space X engineers will come with innovative solutions.

I don't see BMW in the spotlight before??

Biggest difference right now between BYD and Tesla, BYD has an EV that sells for around 20k like the Dolphin 🐬.

German Environmentalists should ask how much water the Coal mine next door to Tesla uses!

Wouldn’t have expected a Tesla hit piece from DW… have they been paid?

@LA-yr4oc

5 ай бұрын

Tesla doesn’t pay for advertising, which is how most media companies make money. They usually try to hide their bias a bit. Shame on you, DW.

Virtually all of the comments below are negative towards this biased video; I agree with almost all of them.

Those who can do, those who can’t write articles about it.

If the employees exercise their stock options they're the highest paid auto workers in the world.

Oh no.. A german media hating on things that is not made in germany?? *shock

All the workers become shareholders. They are much better off without unions.

Went immediately to comment section...

Hypocrisy sucks, right? Why don't they take into account the impact of combustion cars and turn it into fines? unfortunately DW being pressured by the lobby of old manufacturers who love pollution.

5:01 You should probably mention the results of the testing in the same paragraph as the statement that testing was ordered, otherwise this looks like a cheap hit piece.

Tesla could already sell the model 3 for under 30k if they wanted to. They don't need to get cheap labor to make the 25k Tesla.

So what is the solution? Stop all human activities?

@liamhickey359

5 ай бұрын

Human activity will eventually terminate all human activity.

@dynamogaming4953

5 ай бұрын

Overpopulation is killing the planet as an indian it very terrible here like a crisis 😢

@jaaksavat7916

5 ай бұрын

@tintinlol7881 not at all, there's such thing as being responsible and sustainable, the knowhow and technology is there to use and develop. Soon we'll have individual trillionairs for who more is never enough.

She says having a factory can lead to injuries. This is sooo lame

I was hoping for constructive criticism of Tesla. All I got were half-truths and omissions to support somebody's opinion of the company, other comments here do a good job debunking them. To avoid the Gell-Mann amnesia effect I'll just stop watching DW altogether.

Europe is dying a slow death. Unions over value skills that are no longer valuable. Why should auto workers be paid more than teachers?

..... all the studies comparing electric cars and combustion cars use a lot of petrol consumption....... if there was a 1 litre engine, this would be a different story

Why cant he open a factory in Nigeria...we have abundant free water, land and well accapt $5 per hours our national average is $1 per day.

@jackjhmc820

5 ай бұрын

If Africans buy many tesla, then sure. But most tesla demands come from China, Europe and America. I.e gigafactories are built closest to biggest markets in the world

@fidelistq

5 ай бұрын

@@jackjhmc820 It'll be cheaper because he'll pay little to no tax, no any regulations, pay $5 per hour then ship the cars to the buyers around the globe.

@GabrielBraun

5 ай бұрын

There is no supply chain to support this level of manufacturing.

Why does German media dislike Musk so much?

Wow “raising eyebrows” is news worthy now.

As Elon said, go ... yourself

Not everything news should be negative

Im sorry… this kind of nonsense and fear mongering by DW needs to be handled in the courts with Tesla suing DW for slander …

This video just makes sweeping remarks about Tesla's (assumed) negative impact on the local ecology with presenting any hard evidence or data on HOW Tesla is damaging the nature there. Like so many people in the comments have mentioned, there are several other plants nearby that consumer far more water.

Did BMW and Mercedes pr time write this what about the mines in the surrounding areas?

EU countries keep fooling around with ridiculous activisms. Now their youth don't even want to hear the word Productivity. Colonialism and the US is keeping them on their feet.

Tesla recycles 100% of its process water. Again that’s 100% of its process water. It is reckless to omit that fact. What other vehicle maker in Germany is doing this?

Tesla uses far less water per car produced So when Teslas production rises, other brands decline So GF Berlin is a win for the enviroment as well as for the germans Plz dont put the spotlight on the solution; put it on the companies that waste water

Journalism used to be unbiased. Not at DW