{"id":10846,"date":"2020-05-11T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2548434"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:12:00","slug":"elon-musk-threatens-to-move-tesla-from-california-files-suit-against-alameda-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/11\/elon-musk-threatens-to-move-tesla-from-california-files-suit-against-alameda-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla from California, files suit against Alameda County"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n

After Alameda County health officials cautioned Tesla against reopening its California car factory yesterday, CEO Elon Musk tweeted today that the company would sue the county and move its headquarters out of state. Hours later, Tesla’s attorneys filed suit in US District Court in the Northern District of California seeking an injunction against the county’s shelter-in-place order, because it “contradicts the Governor’s Order to the extent it restricts the operation of business operating in the federal critical infrastructure sectors.”<\/p>\n

“Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately,” Musk said on Twitter. “The unelected & ignorant ‘interim Health Officer’ of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!”<\/p>\n

Musk has been a vocal critic of coronavirus shelter-in-place orders, saying at the company’s April 29th earnings call that such restrictions were “fascist” and not democratic. “We are a bit worried about not being able to resume production in the Bay Area, and that should be identified as a serious risk,” Musk said. He also urged supporters on Twitter to “please voice your disagreement as strongly as possible with Alameda County.”<\/p>\n

An Alameda County spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge<\/em> on Saturday that the county Health Care Services Agency and Public Health Department have been “communicating directly and working closely with the Tesla team on the ground in Fremont. This has been a collaborative, good faith effort to develop and implement a safety plan that allows for reopening while protecting the health and well-being of the thousands of employees who travel to and from work at Tesla’s factory.”<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that the team at Tesla had been responsive to guidance and recommendations “and we look forward to coming to an agreement on an appropriate safety plan very soon.” The statement, issued several hours after Musk’s tweets, did not reference the Tesla CEO’s comments or mention him by name.<\/p>\n

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