Things are reportedly not going smoothly with the restart of Tesla's main factory in California
Last month, CEO Elon Musk threatened to move Tesla operations out of California and sued to force Alameda County to allow Tesla's plant in Fremont, California, to reopen. Musk is an outspoken critic of stay-at-home orders, which he called"fascist" in a profanity-laced call with analysts in April. He also is a skeptic about the threat posed by the pandemic.
In an email Musk sent to Tesla employees, reported by electric vehicle news site Electrek, the CEO said that there have been problems ramping up production of the Model Y, the lower-priced SUV that Tesla started building earlier this year before the shutdowns.The Model Y is a key vehicle for Tesla and is expected to become its best-selling vehicle. In April Musk bragged to investors that for the first time that Tesla had turned a profit on a new vehicle in its first quarter of production.
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