Besides the supra-regional and global damage that the construction of a new electric car factory will cause, the Trinity plant would also have a direct damaging effect on the region:
Over 100 hectares of farmland will disappear forever under concrete and be rendered unusable for food production.
The quality of life for people in the surrounding villages will decline due to noise, light and pollution from the plant.
The traffic load in the surrounding villages will increase (four-lane expansion of the B188, expansion and reconstruction of through roads, factory traffic).
Destruction of sensitive ecosystems such as the Aller lowlands, home e.g. to lapwings, bitterns and partridges.
The Trinity plant will not create any new jobs; the switch to highly automated production is more likely to result in job losses.
The plant will increase the total production of cars. There was already a registration record in 2021, which is largely due to the subsidised e-cars that are bought as additional company or third cars. As a result, there is also increased pressure to build new parking spaces, roads and charging infrastructure everywhere – money that would be better and more efficiently spent on expanding public transport.
This is a clear sign that the factory still has a number of negative consequences: The federal highway 188, already a new construction, is to be expanded again.