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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 23 2020, @10:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 23 2020, @10:26AM (#974380)

    It's actually a great opportunity for Europe to fix their "aging population problems"...

    But it's probably a big vote loser if they appeared like they weren't doing anything about it and millions of old people died.

    Don't think they could get away with a Stage Four Coronavirus Plan ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXIetP5iak [youtube.com] ).

    The UK did seem like they were trying that plan at the beginning, but the pressure got too high when everyone else and the Queen were cancelling mass events while the Gov was just making vague noises about herd immunity and flattening the curve.