As a German: I feel the opposite is the case. This project has received enormous local (and even national) political support (as in, government straight saying

As a German: I feel the opposite is the case. This project has received enormous local (and even national) political support (as in, government straight saying "we want this" and leaning on the apparatus to expedite), and has coasted extremely far on temporary permits, sometimes fashioned rather shadily, to become "too big to fail". Some of those permits happened even after Tesla proactively violated rules by just building things without asking, as I understand, factoring penalties into business plans and relying on lenient interpretation. Germany's incumbent automakers are probably rather incensed about Tesla getting to build a major factory on Easy Mode here and having to put little effort into understanding the process or the culture. I don't have any particular opinion on whether this is good or bad at the moment, but it's certainly fascinating to follow ...