Inside Tesla's attack on Germany's auto establishment

Workers sweep Tesla's future plant site in Germany for ammunition from World War II. (Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)

By:

Stefan Nicola

By:

Bloomberg

January 17, 2020 11:41 AM

BERLIN -- German rangers stand guard to visitors away from a nondescript stretch of forest near Berlin, where a sign nearby warns of "Lebensgefahr" (danger to life).

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