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> On May 10, 2020, at 2:40 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/10/elon-musk-threatens-to-move- > tesla-hq-out-of-california-over-covid-19-restrictions > > Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla HQ out of California over Covid-19 > restrictions > > Reuters > Published on Sat 9 May 2020 22.25 EDT > > Tesla is suing local authorities in California as the electric carmaker > pushes to reopen its factory there and chief executive Elon Musk threatens > to move the company´s headquarters to Texas or Nevada. > > Musk has been pushing to reopen Tesla´s Fremont, California, factory after > Alameda County´s health department said the carmaker must not reopen because > local lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus remain in > effect. > > Tesla filed a lawsuit against the county on Saturday, calling the continued > restrictions a "power-grab" by the county since California´s governor had > said on Thursday that manufacturers in the state would be allowed to reopen. > The company said Alameda was going against the federal and California > constitutions, as well as defying the governor´s order, in the lawsuit filed > in San Francisco federal court. > > Alameda County, where the Fremont factory is located, is scheduled to remain > shut until the end of May, with only essential businesses allowed to reopen. > County officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the > lawsuit. > > The outspoken Musk also took to Twitter on Saturday to complain and > threatened to leave the state. "If we even retain Fremont manufacturing > activity at all, it will be dependent on how Tesla is treated in the > future," he tweeted. The San Francisco Bay area facility is currently > Tesla´s only US vehicle factory. > > [Tweet] "Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ > and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. If we even retain Fremont > manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependen on how Tesla is treated > in the future. Tesla is the last carmaker left in CA. > - Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2020" > > Alameda County said on Saturday that it has been working with Tesla to > develop a safety plan that "allows for reopening while protecting the health > and well-being of the thousands of employees" who work at the factory, and > that it looks forward to coming to an agreement on a safety plan very soon. > > Fremont mayor Lily Mei expressed concern about the potential economic > implications of continuing the shelter-in-place order without provisions for > manufacturers such as Tesla to resume. Mei on Saturday urged the county to > work with businesses on "acceptable guidelines for re-opening". > > Musk had told employees on Thursday that limited production would restart at > Fremont on Friday afternoon. Tesla builds more than 415,000 cars a year at > the Fremont plant and moving the entire production facility would be a > massive undertaking. Dan Ives, a Wedbush analyst, on Saturday estimated it > could take the company 12 to 18 months to relocate production. > > The threat to relocate the facility comes as Tesla aims to ramp up > production at Fremont of its Model Y sport utility vehicle, the carmaker´s > most profitable vehicle to date. > > Musk, who sparred with California officials in March over whether Tesla had > to halt production at Fremont, had criticised the lockdown and stay-at-home > orders, calling them a "serious risk" to US business and "unconstitutional". > > Tesla shares have risen 127% since 18 March, their recent closing low, > including a 16.8% gain in the last trading week to close at $819.42 on > Friday. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
