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Tesla has been forced to turn down more than €1. 1 billion in European subsidies for its planned battery plant near Berlin after delays to the flagship project breached a key condition of the funding.
The electric car maker had applied for the money through an EU program established to develop the particular battery industry on the continent.
The EU requires any sites in receipt of the funds to be typically the “first industrial deployment” of this technology, according to official documents, meaning the batteries cannot already be made at another Tesla plant.
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