Elon Musk : Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line

[Celerity]

with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.

Link to tweet

[33taw]

1. How many Teslas are even being sold?

[Celerity]

6. Production and sales by quarter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Sales

[dalton99a]

2. So the corporate welfare queen is now a freedom fighter

[stillcool]

3. he should be the only one arrested...

and when his employee's get sick they can sue the shit out of him.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. On CNN, I Heard The State...

...ok'd it. Manufacturing sites like this are permitted.
But, the county it's in can have, and does, stricter guidelines than the overarching state rules.
So, if he gets pinched, it will be county cops, I suppose.
BTW: this threat to move is idle. They're profitable enough to move an entire plant.
And, the cost of tear down, shipping, & reset will not only be high, but will take 4 months!
He'd be better off shutting up & waiting a few weeks!

[stillcool]

9. I think the only thing he wants..

is a dog and pony show.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Me, Too

Because he knows it would be worse to move, financially.

[Baclava]

4. Blood money, with $1 a gallon gas u picked a bad time to build expensive electric cars

[ProfessorGAC]

7. About That

Gas prices around here went up 55¢ in a week!
Speculators pushed up futures despite the fact that there's still 17 days of full supply that has been sitting in storage for 8 to 10 weeks.
That boils me!

[Alex4Martinez]

8. Nothing is going to happen, Elon is a disappointment lately. eom.

[LisaM]

19. Lately? He's always been this way.

He's part of the cadre of Libertarian billionaires. I admit, he rubs me the wrong way - I can't stand him - but this is totally in character.

[NightWatcher]

10. Dude smoked one joint on a podcast and his brain went to shit.

Scary.

[tinrobot]

11. He really wants to be a martyr, doesn't he?

[rockfordfile]

12. He's not being American lately. He rather Americans die so he can sell a car

[Celerity]

13. Americans dying so oligarchs get richer IS the American model whenever they get too much raw power

Italians from Reggio Emilia in 1985 had it sussed........

[Wellstone ruled]

14. China is eating Elon's lunch

and he knows darn well his over priced EV's are loosing value by the minute .

[Blue_true]

16. I don't really follow electric vehicles. What is the deal with China?

I have always viewed his cars as status symbols, the price is out of reach for the vast majority of auto vehicle buyers.

[Wellstone ruled]

17. Company called Great Wall has

developed what they call a personal use EV. Small urban type vehicle and are planning on marketing this small as well as a family type EV here in the States. Understand it is a fraction of what Musk markets his EV's for. Notice Musk shut down his China plant.

[Blue_true]

18. As long as we don't have a repeat of the Yugo.

It would seem to me that Chinese company would be better off in a partnership with a US automaker, say Chrysler.

[Wellstone ruled]

21. My Mother in Law owned Yugo.

What a experience driving the Croatian Nightmare. Turn on the wipers and the Head lights would come on. Had to turn the directional lights on in order for the break lights to work.

She just loved that piece of junk.

[Hugin]

20. Lock him up. n/t

[demmiblue]

22. Dude STFU and spend some time with your newborn child.