The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has accused Tesla’s Fremont plant of potentially emitting thousands of tons of illegal air pollutants in recent years and is seeking an order to force the company to take measures to stop.
The company has racked up 112 notices of violations since 2019 for a variety of reasons, resulting in as much as 750 pounds of unmitigated air pollution per violation. The violations were frequent, recurring, and have negative impacts on health and the environment, the Air District’s executive director Philip Fine said on Thursday.
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