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
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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.