Sabotage halts production at Tesla's German plant

BERLIN/FRANKFURT — Tesla's European gigafactory near Berlin has halted work until further notice, after what CEO Elon Musk called an "extremely dumb" suspected arson attack nearby left it without power on Tuesday.

The attack southeast of the German capital set an electricity pylon close to the site ablaze, but the fire did not spread to the Tesla facility, which is the US electric carmaker's first manufacturing plant in Europe.

It has however shuttered production at least until early next week, the company said.