Car company Tesla filed a lawsuit against Alameda County, California, which the authorities did not allow the plant of the automaker to return to work because of quarantine measures. The County extended the relevant limitations until the end of may.
"the Position of the district has left us no choice but to take legal action to Tesla and its employees could return to work. On may 9, we filed the lawsuit asking the court to annul the orders of the district in which they prevent the resumption of the activities of Tesla," reads message company.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk insists on the opening of the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, but the health Department Alameda County, which includes Fremont, said the automaker should not be opened, because still there are local measures to control the spread of coronavirus.
the Company has developed a detailed plan to return to work, which involves staff training online through video, partitions in work areas, temperature control, timely replacement of protection equipment and strict protocols of cleaning and disinfection.
"Contrary to the recent order of the Governor of the city of Fremont, County of Alameda insists that we should not resume the activity ... unfortunately, an employee of the County public health that makes these decisions, didn't respond to our calls or emails" - said Tesla.
Elon Musk has threatened to move the headquarters of the company to another state — Texas or Nevada — and to implement future projects of the company in a new place. At a recent quarterly reporting event Mask called made by California authorities restrictive measures "fascist and undemocratic".
the Company planned to return to work about 30% of the employees of the plant in Alameda. It was closed in March because of the epidemic coronavirus infection, the plant produces batteries for electric vehicles.
According to the Johns Hopkins University, in Alameda diagnosis COVID-19 1961 have confirmed the person died 70 patients. In General, the US became ill and 1.3 million died from the infection at 78.8 thousand.
