Overview

• Berlin Labour Senator Cansel Kiziltepe referred to Teslas built in Brandenburg as 'Nazi-Autos' in a social media post, sparking widespread condemnation.
• Brandenburg Economics Minister Daniel Keller criticized the remark as offensive to Tesla’s diverse workforce of 11,000 employees from 150 nations.
• Minister President Dietmar Woidke and business leader Alexander Schirp warned that such comments could harm investment prospects and regional economic growth.
• Tesla’s Grünheide factory, employing thousands, is Brandenburg’s largest employer and a key regional economic driver, despite ongoing controversies surrounding Elon Musk’s political affiliations.
• Kiziltepe has yet to retract her statement, despite mounting pressure from political colleagues and regional leaders to do so.