Elon Musk threatened this Saturday to leave California, where its only Tesla electric car production site is located in the United States. According to him, local authorities prevent him from resuming production immediately because of the pandemic.
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- Tesla (@Tesla) May 10, 2020“Frankly, it is the drop of water that makes the vase overflow. Tesla will immediately move its headquarters and future projects to Texas / Nevada. And if we were to keep a manufacturing activity in Fremont, it will depend on how we are treated, "launched the boss of the company, on Twitter. He highlighted Tesla's experience in China, where its manufacturing site reopened after the Covid-19 epidemic was brought under control.
Authorities are "irrational"
"Tesla knows much more about what to do to (resume production) safely, thanks to the experience gained in our Tesla factory in China, than a small interim civil servant, not even elected," said with contempt the whimsical billionaire who has just had a son with the musician Grimes. He also said he would "immediately" sue Alameda County, near San Francisco, where the factory is located, accusing his authorities of being "irrational and out of touch."
"The ignorant and unelected official 'interim health officer' in Alameda county goes against the orders of the governor, the president, our constitutional rights and despite common sense," said Elon Musk further. He had already hit the headlines on May 1 by dropping Tesla's price by more than 10% on the stock market after tweeting that the stock was too expensive.
Profit and turnover up
Earlier, it was his statements during a teleconference with financial analysts that had made waves, already because of the closure of Fremont since March 12. He then considered that the extension of the confinement was "fascist" and "not democratic".
The boss of Tesla does not take offense. Yet his company managed to post a profit of $ 16 million in the 1st quarter, a 33% jump in car deliveries and a turnover up 32% to nearly $ 6 billion.
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