With final approval for its German factory potentially just weeks away, Tesla’s Elon Musk will make an appearance in the tiny town of Gruenheide this Saturday to host a county fair. Despite pandemic-related curbs limiting gatherings in Germany to under 5 000 people, Tesla applied for – and got – a permit to have 9 000 at the Oct. 9 ‘Giga-Fest’, after local authorities agreed the event would be COVID safe.
