Tesla Inc. and local officials in Alameda County, California finally reached an agreement. After a shelter at home order left Tesla’s main production facility in Fremont closed for nearly three months, the two entities shared a flurry of disputes. The fallout resulted in a pointed threat from Elon Musk in which he said he considered moving Tesla out of California. The company compounded the threat with a lawsuit against Alameda County. However, a new report shows that Tesla dropped the lawsuit.
Earlier in May, Elon Musk announced the company’s lawsuit against the county, saying “Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected & ignorant “Interim Health Officer” of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!”
Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected & ignorant “Interim Health Officer” of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2020
Now, according to a new report by CNBC, the electric vehicle manufacturer has dropped the lawsuit. Tesla fully resumed production at its Fremont, California facility earlier this week. The reopening followed a series of defiant statements from Tesla’s CEO regarding the factory’s shutdown. In one tweet, Elon Musk even risked his own arrest for the ability to restart production at the factory. Now, with Tesla resuming operations and the lawsuit dropped, it seems the company and Alameda County are coexisting once again.
