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Tesla Plant Buzzing Ahead of Permission to Resume Operations
- Company executive says factory ramping up in internal email
- California attorney general says state ready to enforce rules
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California’s Alameda County said Tesla Inc. could reopen its lone U.S. plant next week without acknowledging that it’s already been operating for days, offering little clarity as to whether the company is currently in violation of local shutdown measures.
Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk made it abundantly clear via Twitter that he has no intention of continuing to abide by a local ban of nonessential activity, which county officials have said includes Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. Employees at the plant, who declined to be identified citing company policy, say they’ve been recalled to work and have resumed vehicle-assembly operations.