China: Report by environmental groups reveals pollution issues in Tesla's supply chain
"Tesla: Polluting under a low carbon halo", 26 April 2021
In 2021, two environmental groups conducted investigation regarding Tesla's supply chain and found that a number of Tesla's suspected suppliers had severe pollution issues. These include exceeding the wastewater discharge standards, suspected of discharging wastewater by evading supervision, directly discharging exhaust gas, storing hazardous waste without protective measures and causing hazardous waste dispersion and leakage.