Musk threatens to move Tesla factory from California after lockdown row

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk has threatened to pull the company’s factory and headquarters out of California in a spat with local officials who have stopped the company from reopening its electric vehicle factory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Twitter&comma; Mr Musk also threatened to sue over Alameda County Health Department coronavirus restrictions that have stopped Tesla from restarting production at its factory in Fremont&comma; south of San Francisco&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>Frankly&comma; this is the final straw&comma;” <&sol;i>he tweeted&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas&sol;Nevada immediately&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He wrote that whether the company keeps any manufacturing in Fremont depends on how <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;tesla-applies-to-generate-electricity-in-uk&sol;"><u>Tesla is treated in the future<&sol;u><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Musk has been ranting about the stay-at-home order since the company’s April 29 first-quarter earnings were released&comma; calling the restrictions fascist and urging governments to stop taking people’s freedom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An order in the six-county San Francisco Bay Area forced Tesla to close the Fremont plant on March 23 to help prevent the virus’s spread&comma; and it was extended until the end of May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Public health experts say the orders have reduced the number of coronavirus cases nationwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom allowed the Bay Area counties to continue restrictions while easing them in other areas of the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people but it has killed more than 77&comma;000 people in the US&comma; with the death toll rising&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Musk’s tweets come as competing car makers are starting to reopen factories in the US&period; Toyota will restart production on Monday while General Motors&comma; Ford and Fiat Chrysler all plan to restart their plants gradually on May 18&period; Tesla is the only car maker with a factory in California&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Musk’s threats came after a series of bizarre tweets earlier this month including one that said Tesla’s stock price was too high&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also posted parts of the US national anthem and wrote that he would sell his houses and other possessions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd31c7daf90">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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