GRUNHEIDE: German police on Friday drove again a number of teams of environmental activists who tried to enter Tesla’s manufacturing facility exterior of Berlin, a spokesman mentioned.The spokesman mentioned there have been accidents amongst protesters and police however couldn’t present figures.Activists have been protesting plans to develop the manufacturing facility, which opened in 2022 following an arduous two-year approval and building course of dogged by administrative and authorized obstacles.Protests have elevated since February. The plant was compelled to halt manufacturing in March by a suspected arson assault on close by energy traces claimed by a far-left group.Tesla needs to develop the location by 170 hectares (420 acres) and increase manufacturing by as much as a million automobiles yearly to feed Europe’s rising demand for electrical automobiles and tackle rivals who’re shifting away from combustion engine automobiles.However the web site in Gruenheide, southeast of the German capital, is close to a protected forest and there are issues about water use.Native residents voted towards the mission in a non-binding poll in February.