US electric car maker Tesla has been forced to halt production at a plant outside the German capital Berlin for about two weeks, the company said Thursday citing supply chain gaps due to the Houthi attacks on container ships in the Red Sea. “Due to a lack of components, we are forced to suspend vehicle production at the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg between January 29 and February 11, with the exception of a few sub-areas,” Tesla said in a statement. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have repeatedly attacked ships with an alleged I…