The gigantic e-car factory has not even been approved yet. But Elon Musk is already celebrating its opening, with 9,000 visitors. About automotive euphoria, disappointed citizens and perhaps the toughest door in Brandenburg
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Jan Heidtmann
Ingrid Hagen, 86, leans on her rollator, a rather sleek device made of bright red light metal. She sighs softly. She had come all the long way from Berlin with her grandson to the Brandenburg community of Grünheide. She grew up in the Fangschleuse part of the community, “then I married in to Berlin”. Now she wanted to see what Tesla was doing here. “How to build electric cars,” says Ingrid Hagen. “I’m interested in technology.”