Tesla Plans to Partly Resume Production in Shanghai Plant Soon

  • Company tells workers to enter ‘closed-loop’ output system
  • SAIC is also considering initial return to work, memo says
The Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Tesla Inc. is calling back its workers in Shanghai to prepare for the initial resumption of production as soon as next week, after a weeks-long suspension because of the city’s strict lockdown to contain the Covid outbreak, people familiar with the matter said.

The electric vehicle pioneer told some employees on Friday to enter a so-called “closed-loop” production system on April 17, whereby workers live on-site and are tested regularly, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is not public.