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Tesla’s sole U.S. auto manufacturing unit in Alameda county employs greater than 10,000 staff and had annualized manufacturing of barely over 415,000 items by the fourth quarter.
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- Last Updated: March 20, 2020, 9:03 AM IST
U.S. electrical car maker Tesla Inc continues to function its Fremont manufacturing unit when San Francisco’s Bay Area begins a three-week lockdown to rein within the unfold of a coronavirus, drawing an irk among the many Twitter customers. Elon Musk mentioned he has ordered to proceed constructing the Tesla electrical vehicles as he thinks they’re ‘Essential Items’.
Tesla’s sole U.S. auto manufacturing unit in Alameda county employs greater than 10,000 staff and had annualized manufacturing of barely over 415,000 items by the fourth quarter.
However, the Alameda county Sheriff has now come ahead saying constructing Tesla vehicles is just not as ‘Essential’as Elon Musk thinks. Taking on Twitter, the Sheriff wrote – ‘Tesla is just not a necessary enterprise as outlined within the Alameda County Health Order. Tesla can preserve minimal primary operations per the Alameda County Health Order.”
The county is one of six covered by a ‘shelter in place’ order from regional authorities that limits activity, travel and business functions to only the most essential, and advises people to stay home except for the most crucial reasons.
Citing a county spokesman, the Los Angeles Times said Alameda county had declared Tesla an “important enterprise” that is allowed to remain in operation.
In an internal memo on Monday, Chief Executive Elon Musk told Tesla employees he was not aware of any who had tested positive for the virus and urged them to stay home if they felt the “slightest bit ailing and even uncomfortable,” sources conversant in the matter instructed Reuters.
Bay Area counties reported 273 virus infections by Monday. California has reported six deaths from the respiratory sickness.
With Inputs from Reuters
This post was last modified on March 20, 2020 10:32 pm