SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc is calling some workers back to its lone US vehicle-assembly plant starting this week, before San Francisco Bay area stay-home orders are scheduled to expire.
Supervisors told some staff in the paint and stamping operations of the factory in Fremont, California, to report to the facility on April 29. In messages seen by Bloomberg News, plant leaders ask workers to reply and say whether they plan to show up.
Tesla had previously communicated to workers that it expected to resume normal production at its US facilities on May 4, the day after Bay area health measures are slated to end. The electric-car maker clashed with Fremont officials last month over whether its factory was an essential business or otherwise needed to shut down to comply with an Alameda County order issued in mid-March.
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