Elon Musk Chops Down 500,000 Trees for New Tesla Factory
Elon Musk’s new Tesla Gigafactory just outside of Berlin, Germany, has led to some 500,000 trees being chopped down since construction began in 2020, according to satellite analysis done by the environmental intelligence agency Kayrros.
Antione Halff, a chief analyst at Kayrros, told the Daily Beast that the amount of trees chopped down increased carbon emissions by 13,000 tons, the equivalent of driving 33 million miles in a combustion car, or keeping 3,000 cars running for a year, according to the EPA.
The satellite images produced by Kayrros show 813 acres of forest were felled between 2020, when construction began and May 2023 when it concluded.