(This March 8 story has been corrected to alter the weekly output capability to six,000 vehicles in paragraph 7)By Oliver BarthGRUENHEIDE, Germany (Reuters) – Tesla’s German plant close to Berlin will resume operations subsequent week, the pinnacle of its works council stated on Friday, after an influence outage stopped manufacturing.The Tesla electrical automobile (EV) manufacturing facility has been closed since March 5 after a hearth at a close-by energy pylon, which police are investigating as an arson assault.German police stated they believed a letter from a far-left organisation known as the Volcano Group claiming accountability for the fireplace was genuine.”We are going to restart the manufacturing facility subsequent week,” Michaela Schmitz instructed a gathering of a number of hundred employees on the electrical automobile (EV) manufacturing website, often known as a Gigafactory.Some have been holding a banner saying “We cannot be shut down!””Alongside many chapters of excellent achievements, this assault will go down as a darkish chapter in our historical past. But in addition that won’t cease us,” stated Schmitz.The assault has left the positioning’s 12,500 staff in limbo and means the U.S. EV maker is unable to supply round 6,000 automobiles per week, leading to losses which might be anticipated to be a minimum of a number of hundred million euros.Tesla’s plant in Gruenheide has for years been the topic of criticism by some locals and activists, who’re involved about its environmental influence.Schmitz stated that Tesla staff would obtain details about the restart quickly, however didn’t give any additional element on the potential timing of it.”Colleagues have been condemned to take a seat at dwelling, as a substitute of contributing efficiently collectively to the vitality transition,” Schmitz added.Tesla has beforehand stated that the manufacturing facility is likely to be with out electrical energy till the tip of subsequent week.Germany’s federal prosecutors workplace stated on Friday it had taken over the investigation into the arson assault, trying into fees of terrorism and “anti-constitutional sabotage”.(Reporting by Oliver Barth; Writing by Ludwig Burger; Enhancing by Alexander Smith and Kirsten Donovan)