埃隆·马斯克宣布，他在加利福尼亚州弗里蒙特的特斯拉工厂周一重新开业，无视COVID-19大流行期间的封锁限制。
马斯克在推特上宣布，尽管该县禁止包括电动汽车公司在内的非必要业务，工厂仍将重新开张。这位特斯拉首席执行官表示，他将在工厂的生产线上工作，并代替他的员工向执法部门自首。
马斯克在推特上写道:“特斯拉今天违反阿拉米达县的规定，重启生产。”。“我会和其他人保持联系。如果有人被捕，我要求只有我。”
马斯克还感谢了加州州长纽森，并在周一的新闻发布会上分享了纽森的视频，表达了他对公司的支持，称他希望争议能在“县一级”得到解决州长还说，他希望工厂和其他工厂能“最早在下周”重新开工，当一名记者告诉他工厂已经在周一早上重新开工时，他似乎很惊讶。
“我需要那个的细节。我的理解是，当我今天走上讲台时，情况并非如此，”纽森说。"我正试图监控加利福尼亚州成千上万的企业。"
纽森的办公室拒绝了新闻周刊要求提供更多信息.
据报道，马斯克上周四给员工发了一封电子邮件，通知他们在纽森宣布部分生产可能恢复后，第二天将开始生产。阿拉米达县选择在5月底之前保持限制，阿拉米达县卫生部称工厂周五无法重新开工。
“我们已经通知特斯拉，他们只能维持最低基本运作，直到我们有一个批准的计划，可以根据当地公共卫生秩序执行，”卫生部在重新开放后的新闻稿中说。“我们正在使用与过去违反该法令的其他企业相同的分阶段方法来解决这一问题，我们希望特斯拉也能遵守该法令，不再采取进一步的强制措施。”
今年4月下旬，马斯克在与投资者的一次通话中，将对非必要企业的公共卫生限制描述为“法西斯主义”，要求立法者“把他们该死的自由还给人民”
就在特斯拉首席执行官宣布之前，马斯克的兄弟、特斯拉董事会成员金巴尔·马斯克在一系列推文中称纽森为“恐慌的社会主义者”。金巴尔·马斯克还表示，州长对特斯拉的处理让他成为了唐纳德·特朗普总统的“粉丝”。
“为了阻止特朗普成为总统，我一直和他斗争到最后。我讨厌这家伙。但是@GavinNewsom向我展示了被恐慌的社会主义者统治的感觉。金巴尔·马斯克在推特上写道:“当他长出脊梁骨的时候，我相信民主党人能够再次统治美国。”。
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2020年3月9日，特斯拉和SpaceX创始人埃隆·马斯克在华盛顿特区举行的2020年卫星会议和展览上发表讲话。
ELON MUSK RESTARTS CALIFORNIA TESLA FACTORY IN DEFIANCE OF LOCKDOWN RULES, THANKS GOVERNOR NEWSOM FOR SUPPORT
Elon Musk announced that his Tesla factory in Fremont, California reopened Monday in defiance of lockdown restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Musk announced on Twitter that the factory was reopening despite a county prohibition on nonessential businesses including the electric vehicle company. The Tesla CEO said he would be working on the facility's production line and offered himself to law enforcement in place of his employees.
"Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules," Musk tweeted. "I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me."
Musk also thanked California Governor Newsom and shared a video of Newsom at a Monday press briefing expressing his support for the company, saying he hoped the dispute could be settled at the "county level." The governor also said he hoped the factory and others could reopen "as early as next week" and seemed surprised when a reporter informed him it had already reopened Monday morning.
"I need the details of that. My understanding is when I walked up to the podium today that wasn't the case," Newsom said. "I'm trying to monitor hundreds of thousands of businesses all throughout the state of California."
Newsom's office declined Newsweek's request for additional information.
Musk reportedly sent employees an email last Thursday informing them that production would begin the following day after Newsom announced that some manufacturing could resume. Alameda county chose to keep restrictions in place until the end of May and the Alameda County Health Department said the factory could not reopen on Friday.
"We have notified Tesla that they can only maintain Minimum Basic Operations until we have an approved plan that can be implemented in accordance with the local public health Order," the health department said in a press release after the reopening. "We are addressing this matter using the same phased approach we use for other businesses which have violated the Order in the past, and we hope that Tesla will likewise comply without further enforcement measures."
In late April, Musk described the public health restrictions on nonessential businesses as "fascist" during a call with investors, demanding that lawmakers "give people back their goddamn freedom."
Moments before the Tesla CEO's announcement, Musk's brother, Kimbal Musk, who sits on Tesla's board of directors, called Newsom a "panicked socialist" in a series of tweets. Kimbal Musk also suggested the governor's treatment of Tesla has made him become a "fan" of President Donald Trump.
"I fought Trump until the very end to stop him from becoming the president. I hate the guy. But @GavinNewsom is showing me what it's like to be governed by a panicked socialist. When he grows a spine, I'll believe democrats can run America again," Kimbal Musk tweeted.
Newsweek reached out to Tesla for comment. This article will be updated with any response.
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 2020.
