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Tesla Says It Will Shut Down Its Fremont Factory—Next Monday

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday March 21 2020, @04:59PM   Printer-friendly

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Since Monday, Tesla has been under pressure from officials in Alameda County to shut down operations of its car factory in Fremont, California, to fight the spread of the coronavirus. On Thursday, Tesla finally announced it would halt vehicle manufacturing in Fremont.

"We have decided to temporarily suspend production at our factory in Fremont, from end of day March 23, which will allow an orderly shutdown," Tesla said in a post on its website.

March 23 is next Monday—a full week after officials in seven Bay Area counties ordered non-essential businesses to close down. To make sure there was no confusion about Tesla's status, Alameda County tweeted on Tuesday that Tesla was not an essential business.

But Tesla persisted. In recent weeks, Elon Musk has been a vocal skeptic of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. "Danger of panic still far exceeds danger of corona," Musk tweeted on Monday.

Previously:
Alameda County Sheriff Pressures Tesla to Shut Down Fremont Factory

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday March 21 2020, @05:54PM (6 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday March 21 2020, @05:54PM (#973880)

    Virus panic is dumb, Elon said so!

    I want my Cybertruck, and I want it NOW, NOW, NOW!

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @07:48PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @07:48PM (#973904)

    It is dumb. He is right. In four months all of you panicked Chicken Littles will be bigmouthing: "Of course, I knew this was going to pass just like SARS."
    As you stand in line for the dole.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Saturday March 21 2020, @09:08PM (1 child)

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday March 21 2020, @09:08PM (#973925)

      Here's the real test of a society/economy: can we take a little disturbance in the cause of saving millions of lives without putting everyone on the dole permanently?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @12:18AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @12:18AM (#973973)

        At what cost are we running that experiment?! Why not set fire to our homes to see how fast the fire department can react?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday March 22 2020, @02:14AM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 22 2020, @02:14AM (#973996) Journal
      Says you. I will oversee all this wallowing from my palace of paper.

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by dry on Sunday March 22 2020, @02:17AM

        by dry (223) on Sunday March 22 2020, @02:17AM (#974000) Journal

        Ah, you're the one who emptied out the toilet paper aisle.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @06:09AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 22 2020, @06:09AM (#974038)

      At least they won't be standing in line at Death Panels any more thanks to Donald Trump.