A LITTLE OVER an hour’s train journey from Berlin, sitting in between the forests and lakes of Brandenburg, is the richest man in the world’s electric car factory. At 740 acres – or more than 200 Croke Park pitches – the €4 billion Tesla Gigifactory was greeted as a major boon to the region when it opened in 2022 – but owner Elon Musk’s plunge into politics has made people in the nearby town of Erkner uneasy. The South African has addressed Germany’s far-right AFD meetings and has even appeared in a controversial online chat along their leader, with the...