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Tesla fined $14M in Germany for battery recycling violation

The construction site of Tesla's factory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, on Sept. 19, 2020. (Hannibal Hanschke/REUTERS)
November 02, 2020 08:59 AM

Tesla has been ordered to pay a fine of 12 million euros ($14 million) in Germany for alleged non-compliance with a law requiring automakers that sell electric cars to take back batteries to dispose of in an environmentally friendly way.

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